Universal Studios workers call on NBCUniversal to keep ICE OUT!

Hundreds of workers, community members, and allies gathered outside Universal Studios Hollywood to call for protections against immigration enforcement activity on park property and to demand that NBCUniversal take a public stand to ensure safety and dignity for workers and visitors.

Workers from UNITE HERE Local 11 and IATSE Local B-192 are currently in contract negotiations with NBCUniversal. As part of those negotiations, UNITE HERE Local 11 and IATSE Local 192 have proposed contract language that would ensure that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not voluntarily allowed onto the Universal hill and backlot, and that NBCUniversal publicly condemns the use of violence, militarized tactics, or intimidation by ICE or other federal agencies against individuals, workers, or families.

NBCUniversal has not agreed to these proposed protections.

CONTRACT RATIFICATIONS FOR 8 COMPASS CAFETERIAS

Through the month of February, we have ratified eight contracts with Compass for over 400 cafeteria workers in:
  • Sony Studios (Compass/Wolfgang Puck),
  • Disney Glendale, Disney Burbank, NBC Universal, Dreamworks and CalArts (Compass/Bon Appetit)
  • Paramount, Raytheon (Compass/Eurest)
We won pensions for all, entry into the Local 11 health fund, which reduced monthly insurance premiums by hundreds of dollars, and $10.50 in wage increases between now and 2028. The new contracts will expire 2 weeks before the Olympics.

CONTRACT RATIFICATION FOR ARAMARK WORKERS AT BOEING SEAL BEACH

The cafeteria workers at Boeing in Seal Beach ratified a new contract with Aramark that will give them an immediate $7 raise that will increase to $10.50 for the lernght of the contract. Workers will also be part of the Local 11 health fund. Congratulations!!!

PETITION TO TAX OVERPAID CEOS

It’s time for the richest CEOs to pay more taxes. Ask your shop steward or organizer how you can sign the petition, and help your family sign, too.

2nd Non-Violence Direct Action Training in Phoenix!

We gathered with so many incredible people for a second training on Non-Violent Direct Action in Phoenix! Nearly 150 activists, workers, elected leaders, and community partners came together to ground ourselves and commit together to the practice of nonviolent direct action, built on the foundation of Reverend James Lawson Jr.’s teachings. Freedom is a constant struggle, but in the words of the 6th principle of nonviolence: “Nonviolence believes the universe is on the side of justice. The moral arc bends toward justice — but only when we push, together, with discipline and faith.”

BOYCOTT THE ONTARIO DOUBLETREE

Click here to tell the managers and their billionaire owners what you think of their cheapness and anti-union campaign.

WORKERS AT THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB ARE FIGHTING FOR A NEW CONTRACT

Workers at the Long Beach Yacht Club are fighting for a new contract. Management wants to take away the Service Charge in the new contract and is offering minimum raises. Servers and bartenders at the Yacht Club have relied on the service charge to pay their bills and raise their families. Adding insult to injury the club has offered a ¢40 raise over three years to all back of the house workers, some who have worked there for over 45 years!

LOCAL 11 GOES TO THE CA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONVENTION

Members of Local 11 joined or co-president Ada Briceño and Lynwood City Councilmember Juan Muñoz-Guevara to collect signatures for a petition to boycott Airbnb, the short-term rental company and prime supporter of the LA Olympics..

THE OVERPAID CEO TAX TABLES AT THE BILLIONAIRE TAX EVENT WITH BERNIE SANDER AND TOM MORELLO

Together with Fair Games LA, we went to the Wiltern Theater to join Bernie Sanders and Tom Morello for the Billionaire Tax Kickoff  event to talk to people about TAXING GREED TO PAY FOR WHAT WE NEED and collect signatures for The Overpaid CEO Tax Petition!

ASU Aramark Workers Went ON STRIKE!

Aramark at Arizona State University workers are an essential part of our university community. They are the baristas, food servers, dishwashers, catering servers, and cooks who serve our faculty, staff, and students across four campuses.

Workers bravely walked out on strike in their fight for a fair contract with fair wages, affordable healthcare, and a pathway to retire with dignity.

See the pictures of the strike here.