Remembering Reverend James Lawson
From the 1950’s lunch counter sit-ins demanding racial integration in Nashville to today’s worker demonstrations for respect here in Los Angeles, Reverend James M. Lawson Jr. taught us all to be leaders of a movement of love.
UNITE HERE Local 11 Endorses Kamala Harris for President
UNITE HERE, the union running the nation’s largest labor-led canvassing operation, proudly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President in the 2024 election. Harris has consistently shown her unwavering dedication to working people and the labor movement.
WINNING THE 2023–2024 HOTEL STRIKE
Since July 1, 2023, workers in Los Angeles, Orange County, and Arizona have gone on strike more than 175 times, making this the nation’s largest hotel worker strike wave in modern history. Hotel-worker wages, like those for all Angelenos, have not kept up with soaring housing costs. The striking workers have demanded that the hotel industry, which is enjoying record post-pandemic profits, cough up major wage increases so that workers can live near where they work.
BERNIE SANDERS AT HOTEL FIGUEROA
“All you are asking for is justice, you work hard and want fair compensation. I just want to tell you that you are part of a growing movement in this country. So the message of today is that we are sick and tired of the greed of corporate America, workers deserve a decent life, and this union deserves a decent contract.” Senator Bernie Sanders
CONTRACT RATIFICATIONS
We have won an unprecedented agreement in every way, from wages, pension, and healthcare to job security, to fair staffing guarantees. But our members’ tenacity and fearlessness is even more impressive. No one has fought harder to win a living wage, sacrificing pay and overcoming physical violence and abuse than room attendants, cooks and servers. They are heroes.