UNITE, HERE Join Forces
The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE) and UNITE, the clothing, textile and laundry union, have unanimously agreed to merge the two unions. The new union will represent 440,000 active members and more than 400,000 retirees throughout North America. The tentative agreement is expected to be ratified with a vote by rank-and-file members at a special joint convention in Chicago in July.
