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Health Care March a Great Success

Updated On: Jun 18, 2009 (12:11:00)
Unite Here Local 8 recently participated in a rally and march for health care reform. More than 3500 people came out to call on congress and the Obama administration to fix the broken system we currently have.  To read more about the exciting event, click here, here, and here.
Food Service Workers at Boeing Reject “Poor” Contract Proposal.

Updated On: Jun 01, 2009 (11:28:00)
Yesterday’s contract proposal from Compass Group (the company contracted by Boeing to provide food service at its plants) was quickly rejected by the Union Bargaining Committee.

When management left the room, one committee member said “They are leaving us no choice. They want to cut overtime, create more minimum wage jobs, and give us almost no increase pushing even the long term workers closer and closer to minimum wage. And they won’t fund our medical for a third year? They leave us with no choice but to fight back”

And that is exactly what is happening. For the first time in decades, the Union committee are circulating a strike vote petition and the petition has quickly gained huge support from the rank and file. A strike sanction request is before the Martin Luther King County Labor Council.  And in a sign of solidarity, members are wearing their fair contract buttons in order to send the message to Compass and Boeing that they are willing to take action if need be in order to get a fair contract.

This is how bad management’s proposal is:

  • No funding for medical insurance for a third year
  • One penny increase in employee retirement plans over the life of the contract
  • Cuts in overtime benefits
  • Horrible wage increases.  Many of the positions at Boeing’s cafeteria now start at minimum wage or close to minimum wage….and the company’s proposed solution was to increase wages by 10 cents. Yet minimum wage increased nearly fifty cents in January.

Click here and here to view fliers the committee distributed last week, and stay tuned for more details on the strike vote petition and other job actions.

Unite Here Update - NY Daily News Article

Posted On: May 29, 2009 (12:45:38)
To read what Juan Gonzales of the NY Daily News has to say about recent developments in our International Union, click here.
Host Workers in Spokane Organize a Union and Win Their First Contract

Updated On: May 22, 2009 (22:24:00)
At Spokane Airport, Host workers ratified their first-ever union contract on April 7, 2009. Improvements include wage increases for non-tipped workers, reductions in the cost of insurance, and first-time ever seniority rights for scheduling, promotions, transfers and vacation bids.

Across the continent UNITE HERE Host Workers are winning good contracts! To read more, click here (English) and here (Spanish).
Cafeteria Workers at Boeing Fight for a Fair Contract

Updated On: May 21, 2009 (11:42:00)
About 400 Boeing cafeteria workers are currently going through contract negotiations with their employer Compass/Eurest. As in the past, the company claims to have no money and proposed a wage freeze to their hard working employees. Adding insult to injury, Compass, a multi-national corporation, is only willing to pay for quality union family medical insurance for one more year. This proposal was presented after a round of layoffs, reduced hours, and increased workloads for those still at work.

The bargaining committee circulated a petition stating that the good union medical is essential to them and their co-workers and that they can’t afford to lose it for the sake of their families. Within 3 days, 90% of the workforce signed on. “We are committed to fight and do what it takes to win a fair contract” says Martin Harris, a negotiating committee member who works at Boeing’s facility in Renton, WA.

Please support our brothers and sisters in their struggle. We’ll keep you posted on the next steps and let you know what you can do to help. Watch this space!

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