UNITE HERE Local 26
@local26-unitehere
Labor union representing Boston and Rhode Island workers in hotels, food service, casinos, & airports. Reposts are not endorsements.
Local 26 hitting the streets in Dorchester today and every day for our next Senator Latoya Gayle! Vote September 1st! Go to www.WhereDoIvoteMA.com to find your polling place 🗳️
"For the thousands of hotel, airport, and food service workers who keep Massachusetts running every single day, the passage of the PROTECT Act is a monumental victory for human dignity and workplace justice." @carlosaramayo.bsky.social, President, UNITE HERE Local 26
Friday picket at the Royal Sonesta Boston, where workers are asking the company for a fair process to decide on a union, without fear of harassment, intimidation, or retaliation. "Sonesta should show us the same respect we show its guests,” said Neida, a Room Attendant.
Strike Vote Alert! In 2023, 98% of @local26-unitehere.bsky.social & @teamsters25 members at Encore Boston voted to authorize a strike. This year, over 90% of workers took their photos to show they are ready to strike for the contract they deserve. 👀 Watch this space for voting dates & times.
James, a worker at the Omni Providence Hotel, recently met @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social who is running for Mayor to tackle the affordability crisis and deliver a Providence for ALL! Vote David Morales for Providence Mayor in the primaries on September 9th! 🗳️☑️
In 2024, Boston hotel workers’ strikes led to historic contracts that saw wages grow to meet the rising cost of living. Aramark workers at Fenway also won substantial raises after striking last year. Will Encore Boston Harbor step up & pay their workers the wages they deserve?
We stand with the Massachusetts Nurses Association and @1199seiu.org at Boston Medical Center! Fair contract now!
Important information for Haitian and Syrian TPS holders: Press Release from Office of the Attorney General Andrea Campbell @massago.bsky.social: 🔗 www.mass.gov/news/ag-camp...
Local 26 is proud to endorse these leaders who move Massachusetts forward every day. 🗳 Vote Tuesday, September 1st from 7:00am - 8:00pm ☑️ Go to www.WhereDoiVoteMA.com to find your polling place.
#StrikeAlert🪧 Concessions workers at 2 New England airports — Grove Bay workers @IFlyRhodeIsland & Areas workers @BostonLogan — have authorized strikes during #FIFAWorldCup games. ✈️ ⚠️ Without a #FairContract, Grove Bay workers could walk off the job as soon as tomorrow!
🚨🚨 Strike deadline: June 22! Hear directly from a #RhodeIsland airport worker about why they're ready to go on strike: "Airport workers should not have to choose between serving travelers or being able to show up for their own children." – Alecia, Server, Grove Bay @ TF Green International Airport
⏰ Strike deadline: June 22! If they don't win a fair contract, Grove Bay workers at T.F. Green International Airport are prepared to walk off the job as early as next week! #StrikeAlert #StrikePrep #FairContract
Many @unitehere11.bsky.social and @local26-unitehere.bsky.social members will be cheering on Colombia tonight as they kick off against Uzbekistan in Mexico City! ⚽ #Boston #FIFAWorldCup2026 #UNITEHERE
Thank you Senator Sal DiDomenico for hosting a great campaign kickoff last night and for recognizing Encore Slot Attendants. Proud to stand with you and Mayor Van Campen in keeping the middle class in Everett!
Grove Bay workers at Rhode Island's T.F. Green International Airport have voted 98% to authorize a strike. ⏰ Strike deadline: June 22 #FairContractNow
'26 Strong! Last month Hyatt Regency Cambridge workers launched a boycott of the hotel, asking folks not to eat, meet, or sleep at the property until Hyatt's owner KSL agrees to a fair process for workers to decide on unionization. Thank you Councilor Marc McGovern for supporting the workers!
"When you live here and you're lifted up by the community, you need to be supported by a Governor who will listen. People love to brag about this airport — this airport is you." – @helenabfoulkes.bsky.social, Local 26-endorsed candidate for RI Governor #UnionStrong #FairContractNow
Gubernatorial candidate @helenabfoulkes.bsky.social supports good jobs, livable earnings, and respect for food service workers at T.F. Green International Airport! #OneJobShouldBeEnough
Our new favorite (& spontaneous!) Pride Month chant: “When I say ‘Union’, you say ‘Gay’!” ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🩵🤎🖤 #UnionGay
So much fun being joyful with our Local 26 family at Boston Pride for the People 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #unionpride #ItsBetterInAUnion
Today Local 26 members who work for Areas at Boston Logan Airport rallied & announced a strike-authorization vote. Thank you @massgovernor.bsky.social Maura Healey, @massltgovernor.bsky.social Kim Driscoll & @senatorledwards.bsky.social for always having the back of Massachusetts working people.
🧵3/3: Thank you to the Cambridge City Council for unanimously supporting @local26-unitehere.bsky.social's boycott of Hyatt Regency Cambridge until the hotel owners agree to a fair process for the workers to decide on unionization.
🧵2/3: Zena & her co-worker were recently disciplined for "lost revenue" on the same night they waved to the union picket. They regularly wear their Union buttons & have joined Local 26 picket lines outside the hotel. Is the discipline a coincidence or is it union-busting? 🤔 #UnionBustingIsDisgusting
🧵1/3: “I cannot believe that in the year 2026, in the city of Cambridge, a hotel worker can still be punished like this for exercising her rights.” - Zena, Bartender at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge
#BoycottAlert! Hyatt Regency Cambridge hotel workers are asking customers, companies, & the community not to eat, sleep, or meet at the property until workers have a fair path to decide on unionization.
Local 26 President @carlosaramayo.bsky.social addressing the Democratic National Committee today to ensure the Democratic National Convention comes to Boston in 2028. @mayorwu.boston.gov @massgovernor.bsky.social @massaflcio.bsky.social @whipkclark.bsky.social @massdems.bsky.social @democrats.org
🧵 2/2: “These workers stood together when it mattered. Now their union is standing with them. A restaurant can close its doors. A union does not walk away from its members.” @carlosaramayo.bsky.social, Local 26 President #UnionFamily
🧵 1/2: Yesterday Local 26 distributed $1,000 hardship checks to 38 workers who lost their jobs when Seamark Restaurant in Encore Boston Harbor closed. The checks, funded by the Union's Hardship Fund & community donations, will help with rent, groceries & other monthly bills.
Compass dining employees at Cranston Schools in Rhode Island are fighting for a fair contract! #unionstandard
Discipline removed! 🎊🎉 Eight shop stewards at Boston University dining were written up, but we stood together! #UnionStrong