Center for Union Facts

Berman and Company Takes Home Eight New Awards, Including a 40 Under 40 Award and Best in Show

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onsdag, april 24, 2024

ROSSLYN, Va., April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Berman and Company, a cutting-edge full-service public relations firm, announced eight award wins for the firm's issue advocacy work in 2023. These wins include:

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  • These wins include:
    An American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) 40 under 40 win, awarded to Berman owner and partner Jack Hubbard.
  • The high-profile campaign successfully educated Californians on a union-backed ballot measure that would have forced hotels to house homeless individuals.
  • The Homeless Hotel campaign won Bronze for "Best in Show" and Gold for best local television spot.
  • Berman and Company has received more than 100 national awards for creative and conversation-starting work.

Center for Union Facts Says SoCal Hotel Worker Union Failed Its Membership During the Pandemic

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måndag, augusti 29, 2022

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Center for Union Facts released a 24-page report on how hotel worker union Unite Here Local 11 failed its membership during the pandemic. 

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  • WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Today, the Center for Union Facts released a 24-page report on how hotel worker union Unite Here Local 11 failed its membership during the pandemic.
  • Local 11 has exited the pandemic weaker and more indebted than at any other point in recent history.
  • Before the union can regrow its membership, it should be held accountable for its failure to protect its own rank and file.
  • Charlyce Bozzello, communications director for the Center for Union Facts released this statement on the report:
    "Local 11 likes to boast about how much it's done for hotel workers.

Union Watchdog Launches Campaign, Mobile Billboard Exposing Unite Here Local 26's Track Record

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tisdag, augusti 2, 2022

The website also features a breakdown of the union's latest financial information providing valuable transparency to current or prospective members.

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  • The website also features a breakdown of the union's latest financial information providing valuable transparency to current or prospective members.
  • Key information includes the salaries for union leadershipincluding union president Carlos Aramayo who made six figures in 2021.
  • The data also shows how union leaders criticized efforts to reopen the hospitality industry and laid off the union's own employees, all while giving themselves raises.
  • Tracking 26 is dedicated to giving workers and the public a transparent view into the union's inner workings."

Center for Union Facts: Unite Here Local 11 Fights to Keep Workers Unemployed

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fredag, april 30, 2021

The union has also staged protests to otherwise lock workers out of their jobs.

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  • The union has also staged protests to otherwise lock workers out of their jobs.
  • Local 11 recently called for a boycott of Chateau Marmont until "bartenders, servers, and room attendants return to their jobs."
  • But if the union continues to drive away business, workers won\'t have much to come back to.\nLocal 11 has also criticized hotels for receiving money through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
  • "\nThe Center for Union Facts is a nonprofit 501(c)3 dedicated to transparency and accountability in today\'s labor movement.\n'