UNITE HERE Did you know that the holiday known as Labor Day grew out of the efforts of labor unions in the 18th century? Labor unions are known as negotiators and watchdogs for the American workforce. In this paper I will be talking about the history of labor unions and the history and future of a specific labor union by the name of Unite Here. Labor unions are very important when it comes to getting equal rights in a workplace. Unite Here is a labor union that represents workers in different specific work fields. What is a labor union? The dictionary definition of a labor union is an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union (Dictionary). Another
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“Unite Here is dated back to the late 1800s. Unite Here has and works with lots of different unions over the years.
The first group of workers that Unite Here began to represent was International hotel employees and restaurant employees in the 1900s. Then they went on to the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) , Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, The Culinary Workers Union, and a lot of other unions over the years” (History). The latest news on Unite Here was published as an online article called “Is Philadelphia the Next Chicago” by Andrew Elrod. This article talks about four members of Unite Here that represent the School District of Philadelphia started a hunger strike in order to raise attention to the $300 million deficit by laying off 3,700 staff and deprive the teachers’ union contract.Then the article mentions that half of Unite Here Local 634’s members and the entire district's safety staff were not going to return in the fall of 2014 (Elrod …show more content…
Another article that spoke on Unite Here was an article named “The Hospitality Industry’s Two-Tier Workforce” by Michelle Chen. In this article Chen wrote about a hotel that had two groups of housekeepers that all do the same job but one group was receiving a different pay. Unite Here tried to advocate for the group receiving a different pay but the article mentioned that “UNITE HERE can’t advocate for them if there’s a conflict with management, as they do for regular staff. The steward understands why they come to work, but also why the hotel chooses to hire through an agency instead of adding regular staff: The hotel “could use some people here [in the United States], but they
“Unite Here is dated back to the late 1800s. Unite Here has and works with lots of different unions over the years.
The first group of workers that Unite Here began to represent was International hotel employees and restaurant employees in the 1900s. Then they went on to the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) , Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, The Culinary Workers Union, and a lot of other unions over the years” (History). The latest news on Unite Here was published as an online article called “Is Philadelphia the Next Chicago” by Andrew Elrod. This article talks about four members of Unite Here that represent the School District of Philadelphia started a hunger strike in order to raise attention to the $300 million deficit by laying off 3,700 staff and deprive the teachers’ union contract.Then the article mentions that half of Unite Here Local 634’s members and the entire district's safety staff were not going to return in the fall of 2014 (Elrod …show more content…
Another article that spoke on Unite Here was an article named “The Hospitality Industry’s Two-Tier Workforce” by Michelle Chen. In this article Chen wrote about a hotel that had two groups of housekeepers that all do the same job but one group was receiving a different pay. Unite Here tried to advocate for the group receiving a different pay but the article mentioned that “UNITE HERE can’t advocate for them if there’s a conflict with management, as they do for regular staff. The steward understands why they come to work, but also why the hotel chooses to hire through an agency instead of adding regular staff: The hotel “could use some people here [in the United States], but they