UNITE HERE Local 25
@UHLocal25
UNITE HERE Local 25 is a hospitality workers' union which represents over 7,000 members in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC.
Le Diplomate hates unions. Don't dine at a union-busting restaurant. Honor the boycott at Le Diplomate and Osteria Mozza and The Occidental, also owned by STARR. Learn more about the boycott here: eatfairdc.org
Today, we protected I-82 & the fair wages of tipped workers, upholding the will of 74% of DC voters. I'm grateful to my colleagues for rejecting a repeal that would ignore the realities workers face while trying to live & work in one of the most expensive cities in the country.
Today, a majority of the D.C. Council voted against repealing Initiative 82! Thank you @CMLewisGeorgeW4 for your leadership, and @charlesallen, @ZacharyforWard5, @BrianneKNadeau, @CMFrumin, @chenderson, and @RobertWhite_DC for preventing a wage cut for tipped workers.
Critter, a tipped worker in Ward 3, explains that the Council’s attempt to undo Initiative 82 is shameful, anti-democratic, and “an enforcement nightmare” driven only by restaurant industry greed.
HAPPENING NOW: DC workers, union members, and advocates are at the Wilson Building to call on DC Council to pass a budget that funds the District, not the wealthy.
UPDATE: @CMLewisGeorgeW4 is circulating an amendment that would pull the proposed repeal of Initiative 82 out of the budget that’s being voted on today. “Cutting the wages of tipped restaurant workers yet again poses a significant financial hardship,” her office says.
NEWS: Tomorrow D.C. Council will vote on repealing Initiative 82, which phases out the tipped minimum wage. Under proposal, base wage for tipped workers would be $8 (down from $10 now), but min. wage they’d earn would be $20. That’s more than $17.50 non-tipped workers make.
Was proud to join Aymane, a @unitehere hotel worker, and other union prezes to kick off the @AFLCIO's national bus tour. Aymane and I talked about overcoming our fears to fight back now. We do it whenever we organize our workplaces, and we need to do it all around the country now
For working people, freedom means earning a decent living. Freedom means fair pay for a hard day’s work. Freedom means the ability to stand together in a union. Join America’s unions on the road this summer as we fight for ALL workers’ freedoms.
Food service workers at the U.S. House of Reps are fighting to maintain the livable wages, affordable health care, and high-quality pension retirement plans we fought for in our contract.
Thank you to the members of @UHLocal25, @AFSCME, the @AFLCIO, and community allies for walking the line with us! And thank you @RepRaskin, @RepDonBeyer, and @RepGlennIvey for standing up for food service workers and supporting us in this fight!
Food service workers with @unitehere keep the People's House nourished and running. I'm proud to stand in solidarity with them as they demand that the House's new food vendor preserve their jobs and the strong union contract they've negotiated.
Thank you to @DCAttorneyGen for fighting tirelessly to make sure these workers finally received what they are entitled to under D.C. law. It should send a message to all hotel employers: respect your workers. Pay them what they've earned. Follow the law.
This case started with a tip from @UHLocal25 and ended with hundreds of workers receiving restitution. If you know of potential wage-and-hour violations in DC, please contact us at 202-724-7730 or [email protected].
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that two related cleaning companies, Mardone Inc. (doing business as J&B Cleaning Services) and Cuzco Facilities Services, LLC, will pay $290,000 to resolve allegations that they failed to pay 323 housekeepers working at hotels…
The number of times and ways that employers cheat workers of their deserved wages is outrageous. Thank you @DCAttorneyGen for pursuing this and other wage cases to keep our workers whole.
WORKER WIN: Over 300 hotel housekeepers in DC will receive $215,000 after their companies failed to pay proper overtime pay. The companies will also pay penalties and correct their practices. Workers who put in long hours week after week will get the overtime wages they earned.
Two related D.C.-area cleaning companies must pay $290,000 to resolve allegations that they sometimes failed to provide full overtime pay to hundreds of housekeepers since 2021, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said Tuesday. wapo.st/3U3ULAI
This case started with a tip from @UHLocal25 and ended with hundreds of workers receiving restitution. If you know of potential wage-and-hour violations in DC, please contact us at 202-724-7730 or [email protected].
WORKER WIN: Over 300 hotel housekeepers in DC will receive $215,000 after their companies failed to pay proper overtime pay. The companies will also pay penalties and correct their practices. Workers who put in long hours week after week will get the overtime wages they earned.
These workers worked long hours at physically demanding jobs, only to initially be denied fair pay. Anyone can report worker rights violations to us by contacting 202-724-7730 or [email protected]. Make no mistake: we will always fight to ensure workers get the wages they deserve.
Under this settlement, the companies will: ✅ Pay $215,000 in unpaid overtime wages to 323 current and former workers — about three times the pay they were deprived. ✅ Pay $75,000 in penalties to the District. ✅ Correct their practices and report on their compliance to OAG.