Starwood Hotel Workers Achieve Contract

Westin St. Francis, Palace and W Hotel Boycotts End April 20, 2011 Update Starwood’s W Hotel arrived at a tentative agreement with UNITE HERE Local 2 today, ending the worker-called boycott. In addition, the workers at the Westin St. Francis ratified...

We Are One — April 4th Rally for Workers’ Rights

April 5, 2011 Enjoy these photos of over 700 Local 2 members taking part in the April 4th We Are One Rally in San Francisco.  Local 2 kicked off the day with a picket line at the boycotted Palace Hotel that stretched around the block.  We then joined...

Pensions & Investments Sponsors take Union Money with One Hand…

Stab Hotel Workers in the Back with the Other March 31, 2011 Pensions & Investments 401(k) Investment Lineup Summit, April 5, Westin St. Francis Next Tuesday, Pensions & Investments, the magazine for institutional investors (such as union and...

NARAL Supports Working Women’s Access to Affordable Health Care — UPDATED

March 11, 2011 NARAL Pro-Choice America has a long and proud history of standing up for women, their health, and their right to choose.   UNITE HERE Local 2, the hotel workers’ union in San Francisco, has great respect for NARAL’s work to protect...

Hotel Industry Profits Continue to Soar

Accelerated growth in fourth-quarter boosts hotel corporations’ overall gains for 2010 – while workers continue to hear recession rhetoric With the release of quarterly and year-end financial reports, it is evident that Blackstone, Starwood, and...