In doing so across state and national borders, we have successfully increased our strength and not only won better working conditions, wages and benefits for… Because so many of us work for the same national or multi-national corporations, we realized that we should fight for our rights on a larger scale by combining our efforts. That’s a big family working together with the common interest of securing and maintaining good jobs! In 2004, our UNITE HERE brothers and sisters created a movement called Hotel Workers Rising! The goal is to make hotel jobs, good, middle-class jobs. We are also part of an international union, UNITE HERE, which is 300,000 members strong. Being a part of a union generally means that your wages, healthcare and benefits are better than your non-union counterparts. Across the state, we are hotel workers, restaurant, janitorial, laundry and in-flight catering workers.Together we have built strong standards and raised our quality of life for ourselves, our families and other hotel workers. In Anchorage, alone, there are over 750 union hotel workers. About About UNITE HERE Local 878 We are the union representing over 1,100 workers in the Alaskan hospitality industry – hotel, restaurant, laundry and food service workers.Union Properties union properties and link to hotel guide.Support the Boycotts Ummmm, this needs help… UNDER BOYCOTT Sheraton Anchorage (make these words a link to Sheraton Anchorage page) Anchorage Hilton (make these words a link to Anchorage Hilton page) Support the Boycotts Pic of 1 action outside Hilton and 1 outside Sheraton (I would if there were pictures) Overview of Labor Disputes & Why Alaskans Should Care.Anchorage Hilton workers, represented by UNITE HERE Local 878, have been attempting… Workers of the Anchorage Hilton have endured over FIVE years of no wage increase! This is yet another low blow to Alaskan workers and their ability to provide for their families. Cuts to healthcare coverage of workers and increasing employee contributions further burdens Alaska workers. Yung III, continues to hurt Alaska middle class families by imposing unsafe workloads on workers at the Anchorage Hilton, especially in housekeeping a profession with higher injury rates than coal miners. For five years workers at the Anchorage Hilton have been fighting for affordable healthcare, safe workloads, job security protections, and reasonable wage increases in the face of out-of-state corporate employers. That all changed when Kentucky-based Columbia Sussex bought the hotel and has been driving down Alaskan job standards, Anchorage families and their ability to survive in our great State. Once upon a time, for 30 years, the Hilton was good to its workers and helped make and keep Anchorage a vibrant community. It was a place where workers were treated with dignity and respect. Hilton Boycott The Anchorage Hilton at one time was a cornerstone in our Community.
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