Rabbis Lead Call for Justice for Hyatt Hotel Workers

April 21, 2011 During the holy season of Passover for the Jewish community, and Maundy Thursday for Christians, the Bay Area community sent a powerful message to the Hyatt corporation, holding them accountable for workplace injuries, stalling on signing...

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...

Yoshi’s has hotel workers singing the blues

Will Sweet Honey In The Rock be next? April 19, 2011 By Marc Norton The boosters behind the redevelopment of the Fillmore district call it the “Heart and Soul of San Francisco.”  And at the center of that redevelopment is Yoshi’s, the shiny new...

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...