BOSTON, MA—UNITE HERE Local 26 members who work in food service at Northeastern University announced today they will hold a 1-day strike starting at 12:00 noon on Friday, January 20. Workers will walk off the job to march with students to rallies in Boston during President-Elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration.
The strike is inspired by the guiding principles of Local 26, “Our American Principles,” which includes calls to stand with immigrant families and in support of measures that provide better jobs.
“We call on our country’s leaders to join us and the majority of people who share the values of equality and prosperity for all,” said UNITE HERE Local 26 President Brian Lang. “There can be no compromise on our values.”
UNITE HERE Local 26 dining hall workers at Harvard held a 3-week strike in October.
What: Food service workers at Northeastern University to strike and join protests during President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration
Who: Northeastern Food service workers joined by students of Northeastern University and other Local 26 members
When: Workers will begin the strike at 12:00 noon on Friday, January 20, 2017 and will resume work on the morning shift Saturday, January 21, 2017.
Where: at Northeastern University with a march to Boston Common and other protest locations throughout the day
Contact: Tiffany Ten Eyck, [email protected], 313-515-1807
VIDEO: What Boston does for Northeastern
Watch and share this video about Local 26 members at Northeastern University.
Local 26 members in Boston: Get your Marty Walsh for Mayor yard sign!
Boston Globe: Five things you should know about Brian Lang
Local 26 dining hall workers at Northeastern University to strike Friday January 20
BOSTON, MA—UNITE HERE Local 26 members who work in food service at Northeastern University announced today they will hold a 1-day strike starting at 12:00 noon on Friday, January 20. Workers will walk off the job to march with students to rallies in Boston during President-Elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration.
The strike is inspired by the guiding principles of Local 26, “Our American Principles,” which includes calls to stand with immigrant families and in support of measures that provide better jobs.
“We call on our country’s leaders to join us and the majority of people who share the values of equality and prosperity for all,” said UNITE HERE Local 26 President Brian Lang. “There can be no compromise on our values.”
UNITE HERE Local 26 dining hall workers at Harvard held a 3-week strike in October.
What: Food service workers at Northeastern University to strike and join protests during President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration
Who: Northeastern Food service workers joined by students of Northeastern University and other Local 26 members
When: Workers will begin the strike at 12:00 noon on Friday, January 20, 2017 and will resume work on the morning shift Saturday, January 21, 2017.
Where: at Northeastern University with a march to Boston Common and other protest locations throughout the day
Contact: Tiffany Ten Eyck, [email protected], 313-515-1807
Our American Principles
UNITE HERE local 26 is a union of 9,000 working people throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island who hail from all over the world. We call on our employers and the institutions where we work to join us in signing onto this pledge:
Our American Principles
We reconfirm our commitment to diversity and equality for all – a source of strength.
We respect one another’s race, ethnicity, gender, religion and sexual orientation.
We believe that wherever we were born or however we came to America, we all belong here.
We therefore call on our employers to join us in publically demanding that our country’s leaders: