This week the U.S. Senate will hear testimony on the nomination of Penny Pritzker to be the Secretary of the Commerce Department. Ms. Pritzker is best known for serving on the board of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation, which her family owns and controls.
Hyatt is not the model that is right for America. Americans need family-supporting, lifelong careers, not minimum wage temp jobs.
Pima County, Arizona, is the only county in the United States that tracks migrant deaths. Here’s every one since 2001.
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The Rick Smith Show-Where Working People Come to Talk - covers the amazing Centerplate concession workers at the SF Giants Stadium and their strive for a contract. Learn more at http://TheGiantZero.org
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The National Committee is committed and will continue to fight for everyone’s economic security everyday.
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Did you know lunch ladies not only serve food, but they also serve up some superhero powers? It’s true! Every lunch lady in every school is a superhero! Join us in saying happy School Lunch Superhero Day!
Did you know that today is national School Lunch Superhero Day? That’s right! Cafeteria workers serve up lunches to nourish minds and bodies of students in schools across the country. Join us in saying thank you to the workers and learn more about their fight to serve REAL food that is healthy and delicious for students at http://realfoodrealjobs.org
“We all have a shared stake in Hyatt’s success, but no one who cleans rooms like me has a real say at Hyatt,” says Cathy Youngblood, a housekeeper at the Hyatt Andaz in West Hollywood.
“By choosing someone like me to be on the board, Hyatt could be a model for corporate America at a time when so many hotel workers feel left behind. I’m confident that Ms. Pritzker will do her best to help our Country succeed,” says Youngblood, “but if Hyatt is going to succeed, they need to change—I believe they need someone like me to help.”
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The MN House will vote Friday on a minimum wage increase. Send a message to your Representative and ask them to support HF 92: http://bit.ly/14O33Ai
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Today in labor history, April 29, 1943: The special representative to the National War Labor Board issues a report, “Retroactive Date for Women’s Pay Adjustments,” setting forth provisions respecting wage rates for women working in war industries who were asking for equal pay. A directive issued by the board in September 1942 stated that “rates for women shall be set in accordance with the principle of equal pay for comparable quantity and quality of work on comparable operations.”
UNITE HERE represents workers throughout the U.S. and Canada who work in the hotel, gaming, food service, garment, and airport industries.
