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Tentative Agreement at Hyatt Regency & Highlands Inn
On July 20, 2010, the UNITE HERE Local 438 negotiating committee reached a tentative agreement on a renewed union contract with Global Hyatt for the Hyatt Regency and Highlands Inn. There are still some issues through which both sides are working, so details are not yet ready for release. Hyatt Regency and Highlands Inn workers will vote on the contract on Wednesday, July 28.
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
Local 483 is currently in contract negotiations with the Hyatt Regency & Highlands Inn, Santa Cruz Dream Inn, and Quail Lodge, with others to follow. Stay tuned for the latest news and actions!
CSUMB CAFETERIA WORKERS CHOOSE LOCAL 483!
Cafeteria workers at Cal State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB), employees of Sodexo USA, have joined UNITE HERE! Local 483. The 50-worker unit voted 40-1 to become members of Local 483 on April 1, 2010. Maryland-based Sodexo USA has recognized the union and has agreed to contract bargaining. Welcome to our Union, CSUMB sisters and brothers!
CESAR CHAVEZ DAY ACTION STARS
UNITE HERE Local 483 recognized 15 of our members as Cesar Chavez Day Action Stars on March 31, 2010. The Local 483 members were honored for their numerous actions in support of workers in places outside of their own hotels. Our 2010 Cesar Chavez Day Action Stars of UNITE HERE Local 483 are Bertrand Deprez (Lodge at Pebble Beach), Noe Hinojosa (La Playa Hotel), James Hood (Highlands Inn), Antonia Ihnot (La Playa Hotel), Alberto Navarro (Hyatt Regency), Jose Nicasio (Hyatt Regency), Carlos Pat (Lodge at Pebble Beach), Jose Perez (Asilomar), Maria Eva Rangel (Hilton), Devora Rodriguez (Carmel Mission Inn), Oscar Rosa (Bay Park Hotel), Maria Santos (Hilton), Chuck Smith (Asilomar), Ricardo Sotelo (Hyatt Regency), and Jing Wright (Hyatt Regency).
HOTEL WORKERS' RELIEF FUND
With hundreds of Monterey Bay area hotel workers laid off or fired for unjust causes in recent months, Local 483 members have been heartened by the outpouring of community donations to the Monterey Bay Hotel Workers’ Relief Fund. More than 50 laid-off Quail Lodge worker families and 12 fired Hilton worker families received free Thanksgiving baskets and later holiday gift certificates and bags of toys made possible by thousands of dollars worth of donations to the Fund in recent weeks. These workers and their families will continue to receive assistance through the relief fund in these hard times.
To make a tax deductible contribution to the Monterey Bay Hotel Workers’ Relief Fund, please make your checks payable to “UNITE HERE Local 483 ACTION Council” and mail to UNITE HERE Local 483 ACTION Council, 702-C Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Thank you so much!
Fight Back Against Hotel Industry Attacks!
Hotels are using layoffs and firings to try to scare workers and weaken our standard of living. The Monterey Bay community has joined Local 483 in fighting back against these attacks at the hotels where they have started. More than 200 supporters participated in the Vigil for Quail Lodge workers on November 15, and more than 150 joined the rally and justice march at the Hilton Garden Inn and Hyatt Regency in Monterey on November 18.
Elected and Community Leaders Support Quail Lodge Workers !
Elected officials and community leaders in the Monterey Bay area have supported the Quail Lodge workers through resolutions and petitions calling for the hotel to offer jobs back to laid-off workers if the hotel reopens. Since the Monterey County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the first resolution for Fair Recall of Quail Lodge Workers on October 13, 2009, similar resolutions have passed unanimously by the City Councils of Marina and Seaside, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Monterey Council, the Monterey County Democratic Central Committee, the Green Party Monterey County, and the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council.
