Natascha Elena Uhlmann

In her 17 years as a guest room attendant, Isabel Gonzalez has scarcely had a moment’s rest.

Gonzalez is responsible for cleaning 15 hotel rooms per day—stripping dirty linens, taking out the trash, making beds, cleaning toilets, sweeping, mopping, and dusting—all in the span of 30 to 45 minutes per room.

Los trabajadores de Julian Electric, una planta de autopartes en Lockport, Illinois, perdieron su elección para unirse al sindicato United Auto Workers (UAW) en una votación devastadoramente reñida.

Workers at Julian Electric, an auto parts plant in Lockport, Illinois, lost their election to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) in a devastatingly close tie vote.

A large majority of the 350 mostly Latino workers had signed cards in the lead-up to the vote, but that edge evaporated in the face of a flagrant and sustained union-busting campaign. Even one day before the vote, organizers calculated the union had a lead of more than 70 supporters, but day-of, the vote went 170-170—and in the event of a tie, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) defers to the company.

Más de 10.000 trabajadores de hoteles en nueve ciudades realizaron una sucesión de huelgas el fin de semana del Día del Trabajo después de que las negociaciones contractuales con las cadenas hoteleras Hilton, Hyatt y Marriott se estancaron. Son miembros de UNITE HERE.

More than 10,000 hotel workers across nine cities went out on a rolling strike Labor Day weekend after contract talks with the Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott hotel chains stalled. They are members of UNITE HERE.

“We came to the decision to go on strike because of all the success other unions have had,” said Christian Carbajal, a market attendant who has worked at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront for 15 years. “[It’s frustrating] that we have to go this far to be given a fair wage” to live in one of the most expensive areas in the country, he said.