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UNITE HERE is a labor union in the United States and Canada with more than 265,000 active members〔 The union's members work predominantly in the hotel, food service, laundry, warehouse, and casino gaming industries. The union was formed in 2004 by the merger of Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE). In 2005, UNITE HERE withdrew from the AFL-CIO and joined the Change to Win Federation, along with several other unions, including the Teamsters, SEIU and the UFCW. In May 2009, union president Bruce Raynor (originally from UNITE) left UNITE HERE, taking with him numerous local unions and between 105,000 and 150,000 members, mostly garment workers. They formed a new Service Employees International Union (SEIU) affiliate called Workers United.〔Peter Dreier, (Divorce--Union Style ), ''The Nation'', August 12, 2009 (online), August 31, 2009 edition of ''The Nation''. Accessed online 2009-09-19.〕 On September 17, 2009, UNITE HERE announced that it would re-affiliate with the AFL-CIO.〔(Statement of John W. Wilhelm, President of UNITE HERE International Union, at AFL-CIO... ), Reuters, 17 September 2009. Accessed online 17 September 2009.〕 ==A merged new union== ---- |caption= }} Bruce Raynor, then president of UNITE, and John W. Wilhelm of HERE, became close friends after meeting on a HERE picket line at Yale University in 2003.〔 The two men quickly concluded that their unions should merge.〔 UNITE HERE was formed in 2004 by the merger of UNITE (the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees) and HERE (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union).〔Knowles, Francine. "A More Perfect Union." ''Chicago Sun-Times.'' July 8, 2004; Franklin, Stephen. "Unions for Hotel Workers, Garment Trade Plan to Merge This Week." ''Chicago Tribune.'' July 6, 2004.〕〔"Unions Merge to Create 840,000 member organization." ''Associated Press.'' July 8, 2004.〕 The impetus for the merger was that UNITE was wealthy but losing a significant number of members, while HERE had little cash but had a large number of organizing opportunities which could lead to hundreds of thousands of new members.〔〔 The merged entity had 440,000 active members and about 400,000 retired members in both the United States and Canada.〔 Raynor was elected general president of the merged union and Wilhelm was named president of the merged union's hospitality division, but the two men shared executive, budgetary, and personnel duties.〔〔Greenhouse, Steven. ("2 Key Unions Vote to Accept Plan to Merge." ) ''New York Times.'' February 26, 2004.〕 In 2005, UNITE HERE withdrew from the AFL-CIO and joined the Change to Win Federation, along with several other unions, including the Laborers' International Union of North America, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Service Employees International Union, United Farm Workers, and United Food and Commercial Workers.〔Amber, Michelle and Bologna, Michael. "Departure of SEIU, Teamsters Creates Split Within AFL-CIO on Convention's Opening Day." ''Labor Relations Week.'' July 28, 2005; "UFCW Becomes Third Union to Leave AFL-CIO in One Week." ''Labor Relations Week.'' August 4, 2005; "UNITE HERE Disaffiliates From AFL-CIO, Citing Differences Over Organizing, Politics." ''Labor Relations Week.'' September 15, 2005; "Laborers Plan to Leave AFL-CIO." ''Wall Street Journal.'' September 24, 2005; "Organized Labor Fails to Heal Rift." ''Associated Press.'' April 25, 2006; "Laborers Union Breaks Free From AFL-CIO." ''Associated Press.'' May 22, 2006.〕 UNITE HERE Vice-President Edgar Romney was elected the first secretary-treasurer of the new labor federation.〔Coyne, Brendan. ("Neophyte Labor Coalition Elects Officers." ) ''The New Standard.'' July 7, 2005.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UNITE HERE」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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