After 20 years, HEI says I’m not good enough

April 26, 2012 My name is Oliverio Barcenas.  I have worked at Le Meridien for 22 years.  I work as a cook at the hotel. I take pride in my work and want to provide the best meal I can with the tools that I have. I have been an active member of the...

Jury rules that Le Meridien hotel operator retaliated against former Senior Executive

March 31, 2011 On March 30, 2011, eight jurors in Massachusetts ruled unanimously that former Senior Vice President Larry Trainor was retaliated against by HEI for filing a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. The...

Dozens Protest Le Meridien’s Unfair Treatment Towards Workers

March 25, 2011 Over 50 community supporters and hotel workers protested in front of the Le Meridien hotel earlier this week. For over two years, workers at the Le Meridien have been fighting to have the right to decide whether to choose a union through...

Contract Fight Boycott Endorsers

ELECTED OFFICIALS State Senator Leland Yee, CA Senate State Senator Mark Leno, CA Senate Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, CA Assembly Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, CA Assembly District 1 Supervisor Eric Mar District 3 Supervisor David Chiu, President District 4 Supervisor...

HEI

HEI is the owner of the Le Meridien hotel in San Francisco, one of three non-union hotels that are currently resisting their workers’ efforts to secure a fair process that would allow them to decide whether to form a union at their workplace. Currently,...