In case you needed any more convincing that we need the public option:

"What if your employer told you that in order to keep your health coverage you and your spouse must submit to invasive health screenings from your insurer. If you refused you’d lose the health coverage you’ve...

Across town from the UNITE HERE convention where motions to end the inter-union fight between Workers United and their union were shouted down, Workers United members were celebrating a monumental victory for workers who stood up to one of the biggest banks in the country and won....

With so much at stake for workers and a precedent to set for how bailout funds are used, 43 Members of Congress released a letter today asking Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to weigh in on Wells Fargo's attempt to liquidate nearly 4,000 [edited] jobs at Hartmarx. Hartmarx is the...

Did you know that the hotel workers hosting the big DC inaugural events are members of UNITE HERE Local 25? They are busy making sure that guests have a memorable stay for this historic occasion that unions like ours helped make possible. The unionized workers you see around the big...

I've been bouncing in my ergonomic desk chair over Obama's pick for Secretary of Labor. No big surprise that the sentiment was shared by other folks around this union and others.

It's not just because she sponsors the House version of a bill to revive workers'...

Never in a million years did I think I'd be spending Election Day 08 in North Carolina with the state a tossup. Though UNITE HERE has deep roots in the state, North Carolina has some of the lowest union density in the country. Yet here I am in North...

I was recently lucky enough to tag along with United Here's members who are doing GOTV for Obama in Wisconsin. Nationally we have 335 members on leave from their jobs to do election work so far. I went to Wisconsin for a few reasons -- to get an understanding...

Bill O'Reilly talks about "The War on Christmas" and while that concept has been widely lambasted I'm here today to sound a different alarm -- that there is truly a War on Labor Day.

Every time a Right to Work (for less)ballot initiative cooked up and paid...

Tonight, the world will watch as Obama accepts the Democratic Party's nomination and he'll do it in a union made suit. Today everyone will learn what we here at UNITE HERE already knew-- that if you bother to buy fair trade coffee your suit should be "fair trade" too---and...

Today's WSJ shows just how important the Employee Free Choice Act [EFCA]is to creating a more equal America and addressing corporate power -- Wal-Mart and Cintas are fighting to stop this legislation which would help protect workers who want to unionize. EFCA is a key part of...