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class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">President</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Gwen Mills</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Secessions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Workers_United" title="Workers United">Workers United</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93CIO" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL–CIO">AFL–CIO</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Labour_Congress" title="Canadian Labour Congress">Canadian Labour Congress</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://unitehere.org">unitehere<wbr />.org</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3547263#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>UNITE HERE</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">labor union</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> with roughly 300,000 active members.<sup id="cite_ref-OMLS_Report_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OMLS_Report-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The union's members work predominantly in the <a href="/wiki/Hotel" title="Hotel">hotel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Food_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Food service">food service</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laundry" title="Laundry">laundry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warehouse" title="Warehouse">warehouse</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Casino" title="Casino">casino gaming</a> industries. The union was formed in 2004 by the merger of <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Needletrades,_Industrial,_and_Textile_Employees" class="mw-redirect" title="Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees">Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees</a> (UNITE) and <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Employees_and_Restaurant_Employees_Union" title="Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union">Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union</a> (HERE). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Unite_Here_-_Photographer_and_group_in_red_t_shirts_by_Washington_Monument_-_50th_Anniversary_of_the_March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Unite_Here_-_Photographer_and_group_in_red_t_shirts_by_Washington_Monument_-_50th_Anniversary_of_the_March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom.jpg/220px-Unite_Here_-_Photographer_and_group_in_red_t_shirts_by_Washington_Monument_-_50th_Anniversary_of_the_March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Unite_Here_-_Photographer_and_group_in_red_t_shirts_by_Washington_Monument_-_50th_Anniversary_of_the_March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom.jpg/330px-Unite_Here_-_Photographer_and_group_in_red_t_shirts_by_Washington_Monument_-_50th_Anniversary_of_the_March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Unite_Here_-_Photographer_and_group_in_red_t_shirts_by_Washington_Monument_-_50th_Anniversary_of_the_March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom.jpg/440px-Unite_Here_-_Photographer_and_group_in_red_t_shirts_by_Washington_Monument_-_50th_Anniversary_of_the_March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>UNITE HERE members by the Washington Monument, at the 50th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom" title="March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom">March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 2005, UNITE HERE withdrew from the <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93CIO" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL–CIO">AFL–CIO</a> and joined the <a href="/wiki/Change_to_Win_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Change to Win Federation">Change to Win Federation</a>, along with several other unions, including the <a href="/wiki/Teamsters" class="mw-redirect" title="Teamsters">Teamsters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Service_Employees_International_Union" title="Service Employees International Union">Service Employees International Union</a> (SEIU) and the <a href="/wiki/UFCW" class="mw-redirect" title="UFCW">UFCW</a>. In May 2009, union president <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Raynor" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruce Raynor">Bruce Raynor</a> (originally from UNITE) left UNITE HERE, taking with him numerous local unions and between 105,000 and 150,000 members, mostly garment workers and a labor-owned bank, <a href="/wiki/Amalgamated_Bank" title="Amalgamated Bank">Amalgamated Bank</a>. They formed a new SEIU affiliate called <a href="/wiki/Workers_United" title="Workers United">Workers United</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 17, 2009, UNITE HERE announced that it would re-affiliate with the AFL–CIO.<sup id="cite_ref-rejoin-statement_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rejoin-statement-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="A_merged_new_union">A merged new union</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UNITE_HERE&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: A merged new union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tright" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:-moz-fit-content; width:fit-content;"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Membership (US records)<sup id="cite_ref-OLMS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLMS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Notice plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width:100%;margin:0;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><div class="mbox-text-span">Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940" class="extiw" title="phab:T334940">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Graph/Plans">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Finances (US records; ×$1000)<sup id="cite_ref-OLMS_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLMS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Notice plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width:100%;margin:0;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><div class="mbox-text-span">Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940" class="extiw" title="phab:T334940">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Graph/Plans">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="thumbcaption"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:red; color:red;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>&#160;Assets</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:blue; color:blue;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>&#160;Liabilities</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:green; color:green;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>&#160;Receipts</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:orange; color:orange;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>&#160;Disbursements</span></div></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Raynor" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruce Raynor">Bruce Raynor</a>, then president of UNITE, and <a href="/wiki/John_W._Wilhelm" title="John W. Wilhelm">John W. Wilhelm</a> of HERE became close friends after meeting on a HERE <a href="/wiki/Picketing_(protest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Picketing (protest)">picket line</a> at <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The two men quickly concluded that their unions should merge.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> UNITE HERE was formed in 2004 by the merger of <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Needletrades,_Industrial,_and_Textile_Employees" class="mw-redirect" title="Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees">UNITE</a> (the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees) and <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Employees_and_Restaurant_Employees_Union" title="Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union">HERE</a> (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-APMerge_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APMerge-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The impetus for the merger was that UNITE was wealthy but losing a significant number of members, while HERE had little cash but had a large number of organizing opportunities which could lead to hundreds of thousands of new members.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MishakHuff_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MishakHuff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The merged entity had 440,000 active members and about 400,000 retired members in both the United States and Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-APMerge_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APMerge-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Raynor was elected general president of the merged union and Wilhelm was named president of the merged union's hospitality division, but the two men shared executive, budgetary, and personnel duties.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, UNITE HERE withdrew from the <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93CIO" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL–CIO">AFL–CIO</a> and joined the <a href="/wiki/Change_to_Win_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Change to Win Federation">Change to Win Federation</a>, along with several other unions, including the <a href="/wiki/Laborers%27_International_Union_of_North_America" title="Laborers&#39; International Union of North America">Laborers' International Union of North America</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teamsters" class="mw-redirect" title="Teamsters">International Brotherhood of Teamsters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Service_Employees_International_Union" title="Service Employees International Union">Service Employees International Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Farm_Workers" title="United Farm Workers">United Farm Workers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_Food_and_Commercial_Workers" title="United Food and Commercial Workers">United Food and Commercial Workers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> UNITE HERE Vice-President <a href="/w/index.php?title=Edgar_Romney&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Edgar Romney (page does not exist)">Edgar Romney</a> was elected the first secretary-treasurer of the new labor federation.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Split_and_reaffiliation_with_AFL–CIO"><span id="Split_and_reaffiliation_with_AFL.E2.80.93CIO"></span>Split and reaffiliation with AFL–CIO</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UNITE_HERE&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Split and reaffiliation with AFL–CIO"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The merger of UNITE and HERE faced initial difficulties due to disagreements between its leaders. By 2007, Raynor was accusing Wilhelm of stifling change, and Wilhelm was angry at Raynor's "heavy-handed" managerial style.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Raynor's critics also said the union president often agreed to "<a href="/wiki/Sweetheart_deal" title="Sweetheart deal">sweetheart deals</a>" that hurt workers but which added new members and avoided protracted organizing battles.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to at least one account, Raynor was unhappy that the HERE faction had a majority on the board, which permitted Wilhelm and his supporters to veto his proposals.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Raynor allegedly began talking about a "divorce" of the two merged unions to precipitate just such an outcome.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007 the union lost its bargaining certificate at Vancouver's General Motors Place. The British Columbia Labour Relations Board conducted a vote to find the employees' preferred affiliation with the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Labour_Association_of_Canada" title="Christian Labour Association of Canada">Christian Labour Association of Canada</a>. </p><p>Significant conflict within the union emerged in early 2009. The union had 366,958 members at the end of 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-OLMS_LM-2_2009-03-31_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLMS_LM-2_2009-03-31-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In late 2008, General President Bruce Raynor and 15 local and regional UNITE HERE affiliates in the laundry and garment industries filed lawsuits against Hospitality Division President John Wilhelm, accusing him and his division of fraud, theft, gross mismanagement of $61&#160;million in funds committed to <a href="/wiki/Union_organizer" title="Union organizer">union organizing</a> drives, and failing to resolve members' <a href="/wiki/Grievance_(labour)" title="Grievance (labour)">grievances</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GreenhouseInfighting_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenhouseInfighting-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LarrubiaTime_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarrubiaTime-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lucht_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lucht-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Raynor also accused Wilhelm and his allies of attempting to impose their will on the executive board and the majority of members.<sup id="cite_ref-MishakHuff_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MishakHuff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wilhelm and several affiliate leaders in the hospitality division sued Raynor and his allies in the laundry and garment division, claiming that Raynor had acted in violation of the union's constitution and procedures in firing large numbers of Wilhelm supporters in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarrubiaTime_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarrubiaTime-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lucht_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lucht-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wilhelm also accused Raynor of disloyalty<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Dual_unionism" title="Dual unionism">dual unionism</a> for continuing to press for the disaffiliation of the garment division affiliates after the UNITE HERE executive board had voted down the proposal.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LarrubiaTime_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarrubiaTime-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lucht_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lucht-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>By March 2009, the conflict had become unresolvable. On March 7, 2009, Raynor and his supporters held a disaffiliation referendum vote among the members in their affiliate unions in advance of UNITE HERE's first quadrennial convention (set for summer 2009), and said that if they were successful, they would affiliate with the <a href="/wiki/Service_Employees_International_Union" title="Service Employees International Union">Service Employees International Union</a> (SEIU).<sup id="cite_ref-LarrubiaEscalate_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarrubiaEscalate-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezBattle_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezBattle-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wilhelm and his supporters said that the UNITE HERE constitution prevented any such vote without the permission of the international union's executive board.<sup id="cite_ref-LarrubiaEscalate_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarrubiaEscalate-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Also at issue was control over <a href="/wiki/Amalgamated_Bank" title="Amalgamated Bank">Amalgamated Bank</a>, which UNITE brought with it into the merger and whose ownership (and its substantial net worth) now belonged to UNITE HERE.<sup id="cite_ref-MishakHuff_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MishakHuff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LarrubiaEscalate_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarrubiaEscalate-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wilhelm sued Raynor and the 15 affiliates in February 2009 in <a href="/wiki/United_States_district_court" title="United States district court">US district court</a>, but the court declined to prevent the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-LarrubiaEscalate_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarrubiaEscalate-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The period before the vote led to more accusations of misconduct. Wilhelm and his supporters accused SEIU President <a href="/wiki/Andy_Stern" title="Andy Stern">Andrew Stern</a> of supporting Raynor's disaffiliation move, a charge Stern vigorously denied.<sup id="cite_ref-Hananel_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hananel-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wilhelm also accused Raynor of supporting the disaffiliation effort only because he faced a difficult re-election bid, and of misusing union money and staff to support the secession effort.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MishakHuff_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MishakHuff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GreenhouseInfighting_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenhouseInfighting-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Raynor categorically denied all charges.<sup id="cite_ref-MishakHuff_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MishakHuff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Delegates from the 15 affiliates (representing 100,000 members) met in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> in late March, and on March 22, 2009, they voted to disaffiliate from UNITE HERE and establish a new union, <a href="/wiki/Workers_United" title="Workers United">Workers United</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hananel_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hananel-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GreenhouseSecede_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenhouseSecede-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MaherReject_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaherReject-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Workers United immediately affiliated with SEIU.<sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezBattle_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezBattle-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hananel_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hananel-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GreenhouseSecede_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenhouseSecede-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MaherReject_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaherReject-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Former UNITE HERE elected officer Edgar Romney was elected President of Workers United.<sup id="cite_ref-Hananel_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hananel-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite winning the disaffiliation vote, Raynor announced he would finish his term as General President of UNITE HERE rather than join Workers United<sup id="cite_ref-MishakHuff_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MishakHuff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>—a move, one newspaper said, undertaken so that Workers United could gain control of the Amalgamated Bank.<sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezBattle_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezBattle-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>UNITE HERE and Workers United began arguing over who had jurisdiction over various kinds of workers and how to divide UNITE HERE's assets (most importantly, the bank).<sup id="cite_ref-MaherReject_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaherReject-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wilhelm asked a federal court to give UNITE HERE control over all the union's assets, but the court declined to issue a ruling at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SmithClash_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmithClash-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Joseph_T._Hansen" title="Joseph T. Hansen">Joseph T. Hansen</a>, president of the <a href="/wiki/United_Food_and_Commercial_Workers" title="United Food and Commercial Workers">United Food and Commercial Workers</a> (UFCW), attempted to mediate a solution in mid-April, proposing (among other things) that UNITE HERE take jurisdiction over workers in the <a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_the_United_States" title="Gambling in the United States">gaming industry</a> and hotels; that Workers United take jurisdiction over workers in textiles and laundries; and that the two unions split organizing in food service.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MaherReject_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaherReject-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hansen also suggested that Workers United keep the Amalgamated Bank and the former New York City headquarters of UNITE, but that Workers United make a multimillion-dollar payment to UNITE HERE to compensate it for the losses.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wilhelm rejected the offer.<sup id="cite_ref-MaherReject_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaherReject-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Andrew Stern then suggested that each union retain their existing casino workers, but that UNITE HERE have exclusive jurisdiction over casino workers in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-MaherReject_20-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaherReject-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Workers United would also pay UNITE HERE $20&#160;million immediately and $46&#160;million move within five years, if UNITE HERE would agree to turn the Amalgamated Bank and other of UNITE's pre-merger assets over to Workers United.<sup id="cite_ref-MaherReject_20-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaherReject-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> Majority Leader <a href="/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Harry Reid</a> also unsuccessfully attempted to mediate the dispute.<sup id="cite_ref-OreySasseen_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OreySasseen-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_Teachers" title="American Federation of Teachers">American Federation of Teachers</a> president <a href="/wiki/Randi_Weingarten" title="Randi Weingarten">Randi Weingarten</a> urged the sides to settle as well, writing a letter to both Raynor and Wilhelm cautioning that "This conflict is causing collateral damage.&#160;... The longer it continues, the less likely we are to enact a strong <a href="/wiki/Employee_Free_Choice_Act" title="Employee Free Choice Act">Employee Free Choice Act</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-OreySasseen_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OreySasseen-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Raynor did not finish his term. In April 2009, Wilhelm formally charged Raynor of using union resources to support the disaffiliation movement.<sup id="cite_ref-MishakHuff_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MishakHuff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Later that month, the UNITE HERE executive board gave Wilhelm the power to suspend Raynor as the union's president, pending an investigation into Wilhelm's charges.<sup id="cite_ref-MishakHuff_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MishakHuff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EllisSuspends_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EllisSuspends-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wilhelm suspended Raynor on May 15.<sup id="cite_ref-MishakHuff_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MishakHuff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EllisSuspends_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EllisSuspends-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezShocker_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezShocker-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Raynor sued Wilhelm and UNITE HERE in federal court, arguing suspension was not permitted under the union's constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-EllisClash_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EllisClash-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At 4:00&#160;AM on May 22, UNITE HERE's executive board and John Wilhelm ordered security guards to secure Raynor's New York City office and prevent Raynor and his allies from entering.<sup id="cite_ref-SmithClash_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmithClash-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezShocker_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezShocker-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EllisClash_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EllisClash-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LynchCourt_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LynchCourt-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wilhelm said he acted to prevent the destruction of documents, and that Raynor's staff had already removed hundreds of documents and scrubbed computer hard drives clean.<sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezShocker_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezShocker-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LynchCourt_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LynchCourt-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wilhelm told the press on May 28 that UNITE HERE staff had found documents showing that Raynor was receiving confidential updates about Workers United activities and finances even though he was still a UNITE HERE official, and that he had shifted millions of dollars of union assets to affiliates seeking disaffiliation.<sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezShocker_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezShocker-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Juan Gonzalez, a columnist for <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News">New York Daily News</a></i>, reported on June 16, 2009, that Raynor had transferred more than $12&#160;million to affiliates which supported him as well as to groups outside the union.<sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezBattle_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezBattle-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The transfers allegedly included: </p> <ul><li>A January 31, 2009, transfer of $457,981 to The Organizing Group, a consulting firm founded by Steve Rosenthal (a close associate of former SEIU President Andrew Stern). The Organizing Group, the paper said, used the money to mail and call to UNITE HERE members and advocate for disaffiliation, and to set up a pro-disaffiliation Web site.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezBattle_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezBattle-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>About a dozen transfers totalling $11.2&#160;million between January 26 and 31, 2009, to affiliates which supported Raynor and the disaffiliation movement. The affiliates then allegedly transferred the funds to an external group called Fund for the Future, which supported the disaffiliation effort.<sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezBattle_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezBattle-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Another dozen transfers totaling $500,000 on March 6, 2009, were sent to supportive affiliates allegedly to reimburse them for expenditures.<sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezBattle_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezBattle-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>According to internal union documents obtained by the newspaper, Raynor disbursed the money without the required approval from Wilhelm.<sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezBattle_17-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezBattle-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wilhelm also accused Raynor of absconding with the $23&#160;million UNITE HERE strike fund (which was invested in the Amalgamated Bank), and investing another $333&#160;million in long-term assets so that the union could not function.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Raynor categorically denied the charges.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Raynor sued Wilhelm and UNITE HERE, seeking an <a href="/wiki/Injunction" title="Injunction">injunction</a>, access to his office, and return of all property therein.<sup id="cite_ref-EllisClash_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EllisClash-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The court declined the request for injunctive relief on May 26.<sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezShocker_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezShocker-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LynchCourt_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LynchCourt-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> An angry Raynor accused Wilhelm of removing his personal files from the office and resigned on May 30 mere hours before the start of the hearing on his suspension.<sup id="cite_ref-MishakHuff_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MishakHuff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezBattle_17-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezBattle-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wilhelm was named General President of UNITE HERE after Raynor's resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-GreenhouseRejoin_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenhouseRejoin-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GonzalezBattle_17-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GonzalezBattle-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was elected to the position at the union's first quadrennial convention in July 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wilhelm subsequently accused SEIU of spending millions of dollars to convince more UNITE HERE members to disaffiliate and join Workers United.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GreenhouseInfighting_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenhouseInfighting-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> UNITE HERE retaliated by urging employers not to recognize or negotiate with the locals affiliated with Workers United or honor their <a href="/wiki/Union_security_agreement" title="Union security agreement">dues checkoff agreements</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stern disputed the claim, saying SEIU was merely helping its affiliate regain textile workers still part of UNITE HERE, and that SEIU itself had a legitimate right to organize workers in food service.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GreenhouseInfighting_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenhouseInfighting-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stern also said on August 12, 2009, that the efforts had stopped.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nonetheless, UFCW President Joe Hansen continued to try to mediate a resolution, and expressed his hope that a settlement was possible.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In July 2009, the presidents of 27 national unions signed a letter sent to Stern in which they announced their support of UNITE HERE and said they would help defend the union against any <a href="/wiki/Union_raid" title="Union raid">raid</a> on its membership or incursion into its organizing jurisdiction.<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifer_2-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The remaining 265,000 members of UNITE HERE reaffiliated with the AFL–CIO on September 17, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-GreenhouseRejoin_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenhouseRejoin-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rejoin-statement_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rejoin-statement-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 25, 2010, SEIU and UNITE HERE announced they had resolved their 18-month-long dispute. As part of the agreement, ownership of the Amalgamated Bank will be transferred to Workers United (pending approval of federal banking regulators).<sup id="cite_ref-GreenhouseSettle_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenhouseSettle-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SmithSettle_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmithSettle-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> UNITE HERE retained ownership of the union's headquarters in New York City and an additional $75&#160;million in assets.<sup id="cite_ref-GreenhouseSettle_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenhouseSettle-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The agreement also settles a jurisdictional dispute over which workers the unions will organize. UNITE HERE agreed to restrict its organizing in the food service industry to those workers at airline caterers, airports, businesses, convention centers, and athletic stadiums, while SEIU and Workers United will restrict its organizing activity in the industry to food service workers in state and local government, health care facilities, and prisons.<sup id="cite_ref-GreenhouseSettle_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenhouseSettle-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Both unions will continue to organize food service workers in elementary, middle, and secondary schools and in higher education.<sup id="cite_ref-GreenhouseSettle_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenhouseSettle-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The two unions had also disagreed over whether several thousand members of Workers United had been given the opportunity to choose which union they wished to belong to. In the new agreement, SEIU and UNITE HERE agreed to let an <a href="/wiki/Arbitration" title="Arbitration">arbitrator</a> decide to which union the workers wished to belong.<sup id="cite_ref-GreenhouseSettle_31-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenhouseSettle-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At least one analyst characterized the agreement as "SEIU surrendered most of the assets of the venerable splinter union it had tried to absorb, and gave up some jurisdiction it had sought."<sup id="cite_ref-SmithSettle_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmithSettle-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hands_Off,_Pants_On"><span id="Hands_Off.2C_Pants_On"></span>Hands Off, Pants On</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UNITE_HERE&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Hands Off, Pants On"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hands Off, Pants On is a campaign against sexual harassment in the hotel industry in Chicago. The campaign was led by UNITE HERE Local 1.<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, the union surveyed about 500 hotel workers. It found that 58 percent of hotel employees and 77 percent of casino workers said they had been sexually harassed. 49 percent of housekeepers claimed to have been subject to indecent exposure. The survey was supposedly in response to a case where a waitress at <a href="/wiki/Neil_Bluhm" title="Neil Bluhm">Neil Bluhm</a>'s Rivers Casino was pulled onto the lap of a guest and asked for oral sex.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NPR_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>UNITE HERE has proposed legislation that would ban hotel guests who have sexually harassed an employee. The union also supported requiring hotels to give "panic buttons" to any employees who work alone in guest rooms. Unionized hotels would be exempt from these rules.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2018_Marriott_strike">2018 Marriott strike</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UNITE_HERE&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: 2018 Marriott strike"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2018_Marriott_Hotels_strike" title="2018 Marriott Hotels strike">2018 Marriott Hotels strike</a></div> <p>UNITE HERE organized a multi-city strike against <a href="/wiki/Marriott_Hotels" class="mw-redirect" title="Marriott Hotels">Marriott Hotels</a> in fall 2018—the largest multi-city hotel workers' strike to date.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Citing Marriott's failure to negotiate key issues, 8,300 Marriott workers from across the US voted to authorize a strike in September 2018. Workers in San Francisco and Boston were the first to take action on October 3 and 4, followed by workers in San Diego, Oakland, Hawaii, Detroit and San Jose, affecting 23 hotels overall. </p><p>Workers struck for weeks, often in severe weather conditions, for better job security and living wages. While the specific demands varied from property to property, workers rallied around the idea that "One job should be enough," with many citing a need to work two to three jobs in order to make ends meet.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Settlements began to be reached between Marriott and the various UNITE HERE locals in late November. The last contract was ratified in San Francisco on December 3, with 99.6% of the 2,500 local members voting in favor.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Across the country, the newly-ratified contracts included significant increases to wages and other benefits, as well as stronger protections against sexual harassment in the workplace.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2023-2024_Los_Angeles_hotel_strike">2023-2024 Los Angeles hotel strike</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UNITE_HERE&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: 2023-2024 Los Angeles hotel strike"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 2, 2023, UNITE HERE's Local 11 chapter, which represents 15,000 workers at 61 hotels in the Los Angeles area, initiated a labor strike.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scstrike_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scstrike-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The strike utilized the method of <a href="/wiki/Rolling_strike" title="Rolling strike">rolling strikes</a> at various hotels throughout Southern California.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By September 2023, the strike was reported to be the largest hotel strike in the history of Southern California.<sup id="cite_ref-scstrike_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scstrike-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of October 2023, the strike was still ongoing, with only four hotels securing a labor agreement by October 25.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The strike continued into November 2023 as well.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By January 2024, only 28 of the hotels affected by the strike had reached new labor agreements.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By February 2024, 34 of the hotels targeted by the strike had reached new contract agreements.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By August 2024, 68 hotels had reached new contract agreements.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Unite Here Local 11-led strike in the Los Angeles and Orange Country areas which occurred from 2023 to 2024 would achieve deals for worker in all but three of hotels which were targeted.<sup id="cite_ref-2024strike_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024strike-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2024_nationwide_hotel_strike">2024 nationwide hotel strike</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UNITE_HERE&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: 2024 nationwide hotel strike"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 1, 2024, more than 10,000 hotel workers at 24 hotels across the United States, ranging from Boston to Hawaii, who were UNITE HERE members began a labor strike.<sup id="cite_ref-2024strike_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024strike-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The strike started in nine cities.<sup id="cite_ref-startcities_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-startcities-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, it would at first only remain ongoing in seven cities, with strikes at three hotels in the Seattle-area and the <a href="/wiki/Hilton_Baltimore" title="Hilton Baltimore">Hilton Baltimore</a> in Baltimore only lasting one day.<sup id="cite_ref-startcities_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-startcities-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-seattlestrike_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seattlestrike-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Over the Labor Day Weekend, a three day strike initiated by UNITE HERE Local 19 would also take place at San Jose's <a href="/wiki/Signia_by_Hilton_San_Jose" title="Signia by Hilton San Jose">Signia</a> and DoubleTree hotels.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sanjoseunitehere_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sanjoseunitehere-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-uniteheresanjose_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniteheresanjose-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On September 22, 2024, it was reported that workers at more hotels in San Jose and <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County" class="mw-redirect" title="San Mateo County">San Mateo County</a> were on strike.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On October 31, 2024, workers at five hotels in San Jose, including the Signia and Doubletree, who were UNITE HERE members would ratify new labor contracts.<sup id="cite_ref-sanjoseunitehere_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sanjoseunitehere-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-uniteheresanjose_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniteheresanjose-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>By October 31, hotel workers in Baltimore, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, Greenwich and New Haven, Connecticut, Providence, Rhode Island, and Toronto, Canada were able to obtain new contracts.<sup id="cite_ref-uniteheresanjose_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniteheresanjose-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-strikeimpacts_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-strikeimpacts-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On September 24, 2024, 1,800 of the <a href="/wiki/Hilton_Hawaiian_Village_Waikiki_Beach_Resort" class="mw-redirect" title="Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort">Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort</a> would participate in the strike.<sup id="cite_ref-hawaiistrike_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hawaiistrike-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was also reported that 5,000 of the 10,000 workers involved in the nationwide strike which began on September 1, 2024 were based in Hawaii and were members of the UNITE HERE Local 5 chapter.<sup id="cite_ref-hawaiistrike_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hawaiistrike-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On November 4, 2024, the strike at Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort ended after the over 1,800 striking workers ratified a new labor contract.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On November 12, 2024, 2,500 additional hotel workers who were UNITE HERE Local 5 members and who worked at the Hawaii-based Marriott-operated hotels <a href="/wiki/Royal_Hawaiian_Hotel" title="Royal Hawaiian Hotel">Royal Hawaiian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheraton_Princess_Kaiulani_Hotel" title="Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel">Sheraton Princess Kaiulani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheraton_Waikiki_Hotel" title="Sheraton Waikiki Hotel">Sheraton Waikiki</a>, Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort, and the <a href="/wiki/Moana_Hotel" title="Moana Hotel">Westin Moana Surfrider</a> ratified new labor contracts as well.<sup id="cite_ref-hawaiimoreratification_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hawaiimoreratification-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Workers at Sheraton hotels in Maui would then ratify on new contract on November 13,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> while workers at Sheraton Kaua'i, who previous held a three day strike over 2024 Labor Day Weekend,<sup id="cite_ref-kauairatifies_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kauairatifies-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> would also ratify new labor contracts on November 14.<sup id="cite_ref-alleighthawaiihotels_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alleighthawaiihotels-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kauairatifies_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kauairatifies-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> With these ratifications, more than 5,000 UNITE HERE Local 5 members who worked at eight Hawaiian hotels, and who had initially still not settled their labor contract status, would all now have new labor contracts.<sup id="cite_ref-alleighthawaiihotels_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alleighthawaiihotels-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 6, 2024, UNITE HERE Local 26 members employed at the <a href="/wiki/Hilton_Boston_Park_Plaza" title="Hilton Boston Park Plaza">Hilton Boston Park Plaza</a> and Hilton Boston Logan Airport Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts began an opened-ended strike which involves 24 hours a day, 7 days a week picketing.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On October 7, it reported that this strike at the two Boston Hilton hotels, which involves 600 workers, would continue indefinitely, in contrast to some previous labor strikes in the city which only lasted a few days.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On October 14, 2024, workers at two additional Boston hotels, <a href="/wiki/Omni_Parker_House" title="Omni Parker House">Omni Parker House</a> and Omni Boston Seaport, joined the strike as well.<sup id="cite_ref-bostonstrikefour_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bostonstrikefour-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Unlike the three day strike which occurred at the two Boston Omni hotels in September 2024, UNITE HERE Local 26 pledged that the strike at all of the four Boston hotels would be indefinite and would not end until Hitlon and Omni and the workers could agree on a new contract.<sup id="cite_ref-bostonstrikefour_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bostonstrikefour-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-strikeimpacts_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-strikeimpacts-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The October 20, 2024, the strike at the two Boston Omni hotels ended after workers unanimously voted to approve new contracts.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>By late October, four Hilton properties in Boston now had 765 workers who were on strike.<sup id="cite_ref-fourhotelstrikeagreement_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fourhotelstrikeagreement-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hiltonhotelsstrikenumber_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hiltonhotelsstrikenumber-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The strike now included employees Hilton properties- DoubleTree Hilton Boston-Cambridge and Hampton Inn &amp; Homewood Suites Boston Seaport.<sup id="cite_ref-hiltonhotelsstrikenumber_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hiltonhotelsstrikenumber-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Strike picketing at the four Boston Hilton hotels which had workers on strike ended on October 30, 2024 after workers ratified new contracts.<sup id="cite_ref-hiltonhotelsstrikenumber_76-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hiltonhotelsstrikenumber-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-strikeendagreement_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-strikeendagreement-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Strike_at_the_Grand_Hyatt_San_Francisco_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Strike_at_the_Grand_Hyatt_San_Francisco_1.jpg/220px-Strike_at_the_Grand_Hyatt_San_Francisco_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Strike_at_the_Grand_Hyatt_San_Francisco_1.jpg/330px-Strike_at_the_Grand_Hyatt_San_Francisco_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Strike_at_the_Grand_Hyatt_San_Francisco_1.jpg/440px-Strike_at_the_Grand_Hyatt_San_Francisco_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1938" data-file-height="1942" /></a><figcaption>The strike at the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Hyatt_San_Francisco" title="Grand Hyatt San Francisco">Grand Hyatt San Francisco</a> in November 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>On October 20, 2024, workers at the <a href="/wiki/Palace_Hotel,_San_Francisco" title="Palace Hotel, San Francisco">Palace Hotel</a> in San Francisco who were UNITE HERE members joined other San Francisco hotel workers in going on strike.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-unitheresanfrancisco_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unitheresanfrancisco-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It has been reported that 2,000 San Francisco hotel workers, including the 300 at the Palace where on strike.<sup id="cite_ref-sanfranciscostrike_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sanfranciscostrike-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other hotels in San Francisco which had workers who were on strike include <a href="/wiki/Westin_St._Francis" title="Westin St. Francis">Westin St. Francis</a> and the Union Square based <a href="/wiki/Grand_Hyatt_San_Francisco" title="Grand Hyatt San Francisco">Grand Hyatt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hilton_San_Francisco_Union_Square" title="Hilton San Francisco Union Square">Hilton</a> and Marriot hotels, with all of the striking workers at these hotels being members of UNITE HERE's San Francisco-based chapter.<sup id="cite_ref-sanfranciscostrike_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sanfranciscostrike-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-unitheresanfrancisco_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unitheresanfrancisco-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 12, 2024, 400 hotel workers at two <a href="/wiki/SeaTac,_Washington" title="SeaTac, Washington">SeaTac, Washington</a> hotels-<a href="/wiki/DoubleTree" title="DoubleTree">DoubleTree</a> by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport and Seattle Airport Hilton &amp; Conference Center- went on strike.<sup id="cite_ref-seattleareauniteherestrike_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seattleareauniteherestrike-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The striking workers were members of the Seattle-based UNITE HERE Local 8 chapter, while both of the hotel were also run by Hilton.<sup id="cite_ref-seattleareauniteherestrike_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seattleareauniteherestrike-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The two Seatac-based Hilton hotels were also previously among the three Seattle-area hotels targeted by the one day strike which occurred in September 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-seattlestrike_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seattlestrike-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On November 10, 2024, the strike at the two SeaTac-based hotels concluded when workers ratified a new contract.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The new contracts would then be ratified again on November 12.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 24, 2024, the number of UNITE HERE members striking at San Francisco-based hotels increased to about 2,500 when about 500 member of UNITE HERE Local 2 went on strike at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Francisco_Marriot_Marquis&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="San Francisco Marriot Marquis (page does not exist)">San Francisco Marriot Marquis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2024_LA_Grand_Hotel_and_LAX_strike">2024 LA Grand Hotel and LAX strike</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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id="cite_ref-feb14grandhotellaxfoodanddrink_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feb14grandhotellaxfoodanddrink-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UNITE_HERE&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidents">Presidents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UNITE_HERE&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Raynor">Bruce S. Raynor</a></dd> <dd>2009: <a href="/wiki/John_W._Wilhelm" title="John W. Wilhelm">John W. Wilhelm</a></dd> <dd>2012: <a href="/wiki/D._Taylor" title="D. Taylor">D. Taylor</a></dd> <dd>2024: Gwen Mills</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UNITE_HERE&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Syndicalism.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Syndicalism.svg/28px-Syndicalism.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Syndicalism.svg/42px-Syndicalism.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Syndicalism.svg/56px-Syndicalism.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="530" /></a></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Organized_labour" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Organized labour">Organized labour portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Culinary_Workers_Union" title="Culinary Workers Union">Culinary Workers Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Workers_Rising" title="Hotel Workers Rising">Hotel Workers Rising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Employees_and_Restaurant_Employees_Union" title="Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union">Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union</a> (HERE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Needletrades,_Industrial_and_Textile_Employees" class="mw-redirect" title="Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees">Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees</a> (UNITE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Initiative_Measure_124_(Seattle)" title="Initiative Measure 124 (Seattle)">Initiative Measure 124 (Seattle)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hedreen" title="Richard Hedreen">Richard Hedreen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_New_England_Textile_Strike" title="1922 New England Textile Strike">1922 New England Textile Strike</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UNITE_HERE&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-OMLS_Report-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-OMLS_Report_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OMLS_Report_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Labor" title="United States Department of Labor">US Department of Labor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Labor-Management_Standards" title="Office of Labor-Management Standards">Office of Labor-Management Standards</a>. 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Accessed online September 19, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rejoin-statement-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-rejoin-statement_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rejoin-statement_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090925043139/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS134983+17-Sep-2009+PRN20090917">Statement of John W. Wilhelm, President of UNITE HERE International Union, at AFL-CIO...</a>, Reuters, September 17, 2009. 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"Departure of SEIU, Teamsters Creates Split Within AFL-CIO on Convention's Opening Day." <i>Labor Relations Week</i>. July 28, 2005; "UFCW Becomes Third Union to Leave AFL-CIO in One Week." <i>Labor Relations Week</i>. August 4, 2005; "UNITE HERE Disaffiliates From AFL-CIO, Citing Differences Over Organizing, Politics." <i>Labor Relations Week</i>. September 15, 2005; "Laborers Plan to Leave AFL-CIO." <i>Wall Street Journal</i>. September 24, 2005; "Organized Labor Fails to Heal Rift." <i>Associated Press</i>. April 25, 2006; "Laborers Union Breaks Free From AFL-CIO." Associated Press. May 22, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCoyne2005" class="citation news cs1">Coyne, Brendan (July 7, 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2059">"Neophyte Labor Coalition Elects Officers"</a>. <i>The New Standard</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+New+Standard&amp;rft.atitle=Neophyte+Labor+Coalition+Elects+Officers.&amp;rft.date=2005-07-07&amp;rft.aulast=Coyne&amp;rft.aufirst=Brendan&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnewstandardnews.net%2Fcontent%2Findex.cfm%2Fitems%2F2059&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUNITE+HERE" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OLMS_LM-2_2009-03-31-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-OLMS_LM-2_2009-03-31_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Labor" title="United States Department of Labor">US Department of Labor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Labor-Management_Standards" title="Office of Labor-Management Standards">Office of Labor-Management Standards</a>. File number 000-511. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://olmsapps.dol.gov/query/orgReport.do?rptId=385346&amp;rptForm=LM2Form">Report</a> submitted March 31, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GreenhouseInfighting-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GreenhouseInfighting_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GreenhouseInfighting_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GreenhouseInfighting_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GreenhouseInfighting_12-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreenhouse2009" class="citation news cs1">Greenhouse, Steven (July 8, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/business/09labor.html">"Infighting Distracts Unions at Crucial Time"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&amp;rft.atitle=Infighting+Distracts+Unions+at+Crucial+Time.&amp;rft.date=2009-07-08&amp;rft.aulast=Greenhouse&amp;rft.aufirst=Steven&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F07%2F09%2Fbusiness%2F09labor.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUNITE+HERE" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LarrubiaTime-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LarrubiaTime_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LarrubiaTime_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LarrubiaTime_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLarrubia2009" class="citation news cs1">Larrubia, Evelyn (February 22, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-unions22-2009feb22,0,322071.story">"Labor's Time Has Come, But Trouble Stirs Within"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&amp;rft.atitle=Labor%27s+Time+Has+Come%2C+But+Trouble+Stirs+Within.&amp;rft.date=2009-02-22&amp;rft.aulast=Larrubia&amp;rft.aufirst=Evelyn&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Fnation%2Fla-na-unions22-2009feb22%2C0%2C322071.story&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUNITE+HERE" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lucht-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lucht_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lucht_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lucht_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLucht2009" class="citation news cs1">Lucht, Nicole (February 13, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/feb/13/internal-conflict-roils-union/">"Internal Conflict Roils Union"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Sun" title="Las Vegas Sun">Las Vegas Sun</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 7,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Las+Vegas+Sun&amp;rft.atitle=Internal+Conflict+Roils+Union&amp;rft.date=2009-02-13&amp;rft.aulast=Lucht&amp;rft.aufirst=Nicole&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lasvegassun.com%2Fnews%2F2009%2Ffeb%2F13%2Finternal-conflict-roils-union%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUNITE+HERE" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In business ethics and law, members of a board of directors, managers, supervisors, and employees have the duty to remain loyal to the organization. Examples of disloyalty include, but are not limited to, <a href="/wiki/Self-dealing" title="Self-dealing">self-dealing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fiduciary" title="Fiduciary">breach of fiduciary duty</a>, breach of <a href="/wiki/Confidentiality" title="Confidentiality">confidentiality</a>, violation of a <a href="/wiki/Non-compete_clause" title="Non-compete clause">non-compete clause</a>, or failure to publicly support an organization's stated goals, mission, or policies. See: McKnight, Jane Osborne. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://law-journals-books.vlex.com/vid/fall-2008-10-disloyal-629430167">"Disloyal Employees and Trade Secrets: What We Can Learn from Barbies and Bratz."</a> <i>The Vermont Bar Journal</i>. Fall 2008; Hobby, Catherine. "Equitable Principles of Confidentiality and Whistleblowing." In <i>Feminist Perspectives on Equity and Trusts</i>. Susan Scott-Hunt and Hilary Lim, eds. New York: Routledge Cavendish, 2001, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85941-606-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-85941-606-3">1-85941-606-3</a>; Vallance, Elizabeth M. <i>Business Ethics at Work</i>. Reprint 2d ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-40568-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-521-40568-8">0-521-40568-8</a>; Peterson, Donald J. 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June 16, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hananel-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hananel_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hananel_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hananel_18-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hananel_18-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hananel, Sam. "Nation's Fastest Growing Union Gets Bigger." Associated Press. March 23, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GreenhouseSecede-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GreenhouseSecede_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GreenhouseSecede_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Greenhouse, Steve. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/us/24labor.html">"Union Dissidents Vote to Secede and Realign."</a> <i>New York Times</i>. March 23, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MaherReject-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MaherReject_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaherReject_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaherReject_20-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaherReject_20-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaherReject_20-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaherReject_20-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaherReject_20-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maher, Kris. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124121427790178607?mod=googlewsj">"Union Factions Reject Mediation Offer From SEIU."</a> <i>Wall Street Journal</i>. May 2, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Smith, Ben. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0409/The_UNITE_HERE_hearing.html">"The UNITE HERE Hearing."</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Politico" class="mw-redirect" title="The Politico">Politico</a></i>. April 8, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SmithClash-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SmithClash_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SmithClash_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Smith, Ben. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0509/Clash_at_unions_New_York_headquarters.html">"Clash at Union's New York Headquarters."</a> <i>Politico</i>. May 22, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OreySasseen-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-OreySasseen_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OreySasseen_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Orey, Michael and Sasseen, Jane. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090611145823/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_24/b4135028917564.htm">"No Solidarity for Labor"</a>. <i>Business Week</i>. June 4, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EllisSuspends-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EllisSuspends_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EllisSuspends_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ellis, Kristi. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wwd.com/business-news/unite-here-suspends-raynor-2136432?gnewsid=7725586041f0f0bbb7b1d7f4f688a2da">"UNITE HERE Suspends Raynor."</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Wear_Daily" title="Women&#39;s Wear Daily">Women's Wear Daily</a></i>. May 15, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GonzalezShocker-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GonzalezShocker_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GonzalezShocker_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GonzalezShocker_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GonzalezShocker_25-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GonzalezShocker_25-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gonzalez, Juan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/05/29/2009-05-29_union_shocker_boss_faces_ax_in_labor_war.html">"Union Shocker: UNITE-HERE Boss Faces Ax in Labor War."</a> <i>New York Daily News</i>. 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Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manitoba_Federation_of_Labour" title="Manitoba Federation of Labour">Manitoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick_Federation_of_Labour" title="New Brunswick Federation of Labour">New Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_Federation_of_Labour" title="Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour">Newfoundland and Labrador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territories_Federation_of_Labour" title="Northern Territories Federation of Labour">Northwest/Nunavut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia_Federation_of_Labour" title="Nova Scotia Federation of Labour">Nova Scotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Federation_of_Labour" title="Ontario Federation of Labour">Ontario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island_Federation_of_Labour" title="Prince Edward Island Federation of Labour">Prince Edward Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_des_travailleurs_et_travailleuses_du_Qu%C3%A9bec" title="Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec">Quebec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan_Federation_of_Labour" title="Saskatchewan Federation of Labour">Saskatchewan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukon_Federation_of_Labour" title="Yukon Federation of Labour">Yukon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Affiliated_unions_of_the_Canadian_Labour_Congress#National" title="Affiliated unions of the Canadian Labour Congress">National affiliates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Canada_Pilots_Association" title="Air Canada Pilots Association">ACPA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ACTRA" title="ACTRA">ACTRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Columbia_Teachers%27_Federation" title="British Columbia Teachers&#39; Federation">BCTF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Association_of_Professional_Employees" title="Canadian Association of Professional Employees">CAPE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Federation_of_Nurses_Unions" title="Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions">CFNU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Office_and_Professional_Employees_Union" title="Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union">COPE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Postmasters_and_Assistants_Association" title="Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association">CPAA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Union_of_Public_Employees" title="Canadian Union of Public Employees">CUPE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Union_of_Postal_Workers" title="Canadian Union of Postal Workers">CUPW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_Canada" title="Directors Guild of Canada">DGC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elementary_Teachers%27_Federation_of_Ontario" title="Elementary Teachers&#39; Federation of Ontario">ETFO</a></li> <li><a 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Stage Employees">IATSE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Brotherhood_of_Electrical_Workers" title="International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers">IBEW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Professional_and_Technical_Engineers" title="International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers">IFPTE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Longshoremen%27s_Association" title="International Longshoremen&#39;s Association">ILA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Longshore_and_Warehouse_Union" title="International Longshore and Warehouse Union">ILWU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Plate_Printers,_Die_Stampers_and_Engravers%27_Union_of_North_America" class="mw-redirect" title="International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers&#39; Union of North America">IPP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Bridge,_Structural,_Ornamental_and_Reinforcing_Iron_Workers" title="International Association of Bridge, Structural, 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