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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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November 16, 2023/by lynettengInCampaigns, community|political, hotels, Press, Updates

City Council voices support for Boston hotel union workers

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October 18, 2023/by lynettengInPress, Updates

Encore Boston Harbor Slot Attendants Vote To Join Union

PAT GREENHOUSE/GLOBE STAFF
June 29, 2023/by lynettengInCampaigns, gaming, Press, Updates

Narrowly averting strike, Encore casino reaches tentative agreement with unions

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May 24, 2023/by lynettengInCampaigns, gaming, Press, Updates

Encore Boston Harbor Employees To Call For Strike Vote During Expansion Talks

Joe Flahive/617Media
May 24, 2023/by lynettengInCampaigns, gaming, Press, Updates

Encore Boston Harbor Workers Fight for a Five-Star Contract

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
May 7, 2023/by lynettengInCampaigns, hotels, Press, Updates

‘It’s completely undemocratic’: Contract negotiations at unionized Mass. employers are dragging on — and on

Henry Chandonnet/The Tufts Daily
March 6, 2023/by lynettengInfood service, Press, Updates

Students, workers rally in support of dining workers’ bid for higher wages, summer stipends

Angela Rowlings Photography
March 1, 2023/by lynettengIncommunity|political, hotels, Press, Updates

Hospitality training center opens under the Omni Hotel

UNITE HERE Local 26
February 23, 2023/by lynettengInfood service, Press, Updates

Northeastern University Dining Hall Workers Secured a Historic Contract Victory. Here’s How They Did It.

Nathanael Tjandra/The Harvard Crimson
November 7, 2022/by lynettengInfood service, Harvard, Press, Updates

Harvard Students and Dining Hall Workers Call for Hot Breakfast Expansion to All Houses

UH Local 26
November 4, 2022/by lynettengInfood service, Press, Updates

College Dining Workers Seize the Moment. They want higher pay, better staffing, and respect.

Boston Globe
November 2, 2022/by lynettengInairport, Press, Updates

As holiday travel season approaches, Logan food workers warn of a strike if contract talks stay stalled

Lane Turner/Globe Staff
September 14, 2022/by lynettengInfood service, Press, Updates

Northeastern dining hall workers approve most lucrative contract in Local 26 history

Scott Eisen / Getty Images for SEIU
September 6, 2022/by lynettengIncommunity|political, hotels, Press, Updates

Workers march and rally in Boston to mark Labor Day

Chris Christo/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald
June 1, 2022/by lynettengIncommunity|political, Press

Workers protest potential sale of Hynes Convention Center

Steve Ahlquist/UPRISE RI
May 25, 2022/by lynettengIngaming, Press

Casino workers rally and march to Bally’s HQ in Providence to demand full staffing and substantial raises

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
April 28, 2022/by lynettengInhotels, Press

‘Everybody’s nervous’: With a Hynes sale on the horizon, workers’ livelihoods are on the line

UNITE HERE Local 26
April 15, 2022/by lynettengInhotels, Press

Sheraton hotel workers, Northeastern students petition against creation of residence halls in Sheraton Hotel

Erin Clark/Globe Staff
March 7, 2022/by lynettengInfood service, Press

‘Crazy Busy’: college dining hall workers say they’re serving more meals with less help

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March 4, 2022/by lynettengInPress

MLB Lockout Impacts Workers, Businesses from Fenway to Worcester

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  • UNITE HERE Local 26
    Boston’s hotel and food workers union endorses Mayor WuDecember 5, 2024 - 4:32 pm
  • 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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