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...

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...

African Studies Association meeting kicks off with picket line at Westin St. Francis

November 18, 2010 Hotel workers and volunteers bullhorned and passed out leaflets at the Westin St. Francis today as the African Studies Association began its Annual Meeting at the boycotted hotel.  The ASA was informed of the boycott 10 months ago,...

Texas Rangers fall victim to The Curse of the Westin St. Francis

November 3, 2010 Was it the Giants’ superior pitching, hitting, and facial hair…or was it the Curse of the Westin St. Francis? Clearly the Giants deserved to win the World Series, but we can’t help but wonder if the Texas Rangers were...