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  • Who We AreUNITE HERE Local 26 represents workers in the hospitality industries of Massachusetts. Our members work in many job sites – including Hotels, Restaurants, University Dining Halls, the Boston Convention Centers, Fenway Park and Logan International Airport. We clean the hotel rooms, greet the guests and prepare and serve the food for guests and travelers to our area. UNITE HERE is the union of workers in North America’s hotel, gaming, restaurant, food service, laundry, and textile industries. It was formed in July 2004, from the merger of UNITE! (formerly the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textiles Employees and HERE (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees), and represents more than 250,000 workers in the US and Canada. Learn more at www.unitehere.org.
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Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/07/business/new-unions-thrill-victory-is-often-followed-by-agony-negotiation/?p1=StaffPage

May 7, 2023
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Henry Chandonnet/The Tufts Daily

https://tuftsdaily.com/news/2023/03/06/students-workers-rally-in-support-of-dining-workers-bid-for-higher-wages-summer-stipends/

March 6, 2023
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Angela Rowlings Photography

https://www.dotnews.com/2023/hospitality-training-center-opens-under-omni-hotel

March 1, 2023
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UNITE HERE Local 26

https://poweratwork.us/northeastern-university-dining-hall-workers-secured-a-historic-contract-victory-heres-how-they-did-it

February 23, 2023
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Nathanael Tjandra/The Harvard Crimson

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/11/7/huds-hot-breakfast-union-petition/

November 7, 2022
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  • Hotel workers reach agreement with Hilton, end strikeNovember 7, 2024 - 9:38 pm
  • Hilton hotel workers reach tentative agreementOctober 30, 2024 - 11:13 pm
  • Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
    Workers at two Boston hotels vote to back a new contract with Omni, ending strikeOctober 20, 2024 - 8:15 pm
  • Boston hotel workers strike for better wagesOctober 16, 2024 - 4:35 pm

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