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The Guardian: Furloughed US workers fight to return to their jobs after a year on pause

April 21, 2021

Insider: 6 workers in the battered hospitality industry reveal just how bad it is right now in understaffed hotels as unions win fights to bring laid-off workers back

April 19, 2021

NBC 6: ‘A Big Challenge’: Some South Florida Restaurants Turn to Bonuses to Fill Open Positions

April 13, 2021

Hospitality Workers Call on Broward County Commissioners to Ensure Their Return When Business Comes Back

April 10, 2021

Now is the time to create more middle-class Union jobs in the South, not eliminate them. MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MONDAY, APRIL 12 Contact: MJ Leira, (917) 565-7697, [email protected] WHO: Laid off hospitality workers from the Diplomat Beach Resort WHAT: Laid off employees fight to get their jobs back by talking to residents in Broward County. […]

South Florida Sun Sentinel: Restaurant workers caught in limbo as industry makes a slow recovery from the pandemic.

April 7, 2021

Crowded Spring Break Presents Pandemic Risk

March 25, 2021

MEDIA ADVISORY for Thursday, March 25 MJ Leira, [email protected] (917) 565-7697 Hospitality Workers Union Launches National Effort to Register Laid-Off Workers for Health Care Coverage through the American Rescue Plan WHO: UNITE HERE Local 355 laid-off hospitality workers alongside community allies. WHAT: National launch to register workers for 100% COBRA coverage under President Biden’s American […]