Archived News Articles

September 2006

Employees at the new Barneys Co-op store in Troy, Michigan, voted this month to become a union shop and join the ranks of other Barneys workers in UNITE HERE. The Troy workers are just the latest group to join the union: Nine Co-op stores are now represented by the union.

Jobs with Justice, a national coalition of unions and community groups sent a delegation to the Crowne Plaza on April 9, to protest

Workers at the Crowne Plaza Hotel is Secaucus have stepped up their

On Tuesday, February 6, 2007, the highest court of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, D.C. upheld charges brought by Crowne Plaza workers and the union against hotel management. The NLRB ordered the Company to repay everyone at the hotel in the union for all of the lost vacation and sick time back to 2004, plus interest.

On November 17, workers at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Secaucus marched into their human resources office and let the manager know they had come to a decision: That the new owner’s disrespect for the workers and the property is so intense that they have no choice but to ask people not to stay at the hotel. They are calling for a boycott of their own hotel because they see no other way to make the employer respect the contract, respect the law and respect the workers who have made the hotel a success.

How would you feel if you had given your sweat and your loyalty to your employer for years, proud to be making a living and taking care of your family, making modest gains through the protection of a union contract—and then one day a new boss came in and said you are no longer entitled to a vacation? Or that your health insurance co-pay was increasing by $130 a month while your pay was being frozen?