Workers from UNITE HERE Local 11 and IATSE 192 at Universal Studios Theme Park are demanding NBCUniversal keep ICE out of Universal Studios Theme Park and back lot. NBCUniversal, thus far has failed to agree to these simple steps.

Scabby the Rat inflatable in from of the Universal Studios gate

Universal Studios Hollywood workers & allies call for NBCUniversal to take a public stand & ensure protections against immigration enforcement activity on park property to ensure safety and dignity for workers and visitors.

Para llegar a fin de mes, dono plasma dos veces por semana para sobrevivir. Tengo que conseguir dinero donando plasma para pagar el alquiler y las facturas durante el verano. Si no, no sé dónde estaría; probablemente me quedaría sin hogar.

Corina is a cook for Aramark at ASU, and she is ready to go ON STRIKE!
Aramark workers at ASU serve thousands of students on 4 campuses across the Valley. Workers voted to go on strike & could walk out at any moment if Aramark fails to reach a fair agreement.

Natalie is a Baker for Aramark at ASU, and she is ready to go ON STRIKE!
Aramark workers serve students on 4 campuses. Many report struggling with high turnover, understaffing, and the rising cost of living. Workers voted to authorize a strike & could walk out at any moment.

We are so excited to announce our endorsement of Senator Analise Ortiz! She's an incredible fighter and will continue to stand up for working families across Arizona and the west valley!

We are excited to endorse Stephanie Stahl Hamilton for Arizona State House in District 21. Stephanie has always been a strong fighter for working people, and will continue to stand up for Southern Arizonans!

🎉 Santa Monica City Council unanimously passed Work Ordinance last night on 2nd reading. Thank you to Mayor Torosis, Councilmembers Hall & Raskin for leading the way & to the whole council. It's a huge win for workers with a balanced approach that supports workers, local business, and our community.

Eric is a Food Service worker for Aramark at ASU, and he is ready to go ON STRIKE!

Workers serve thousands of students on four campuses across AZ. They have voted to authorize a strike and could walk out at any moment if Aramark fails to reach a fair agreement.

A protester wearing a clue justice shirt holding up a poster showing Casey Wasserman with the description chair, person and president of the LA 28 Olympic and Paralympic games

A protester holding a poster that says Kevin McCarthy Maga appointee to the LA 28 board

A protester holding a poster that says Maga appointee to the LA 28 board reince Priebus so it looks like his face is the same face

A protester wearing a laane shirt holding up a sign that says Maga appointed to the LA 28 board Patrick Dumont

The Fair Games coalition is gathered outside LA28’s headquarters in South Park calling for Casey Wasserman to resign, drawing attention to the board’s MAGA appointees, and demanding that ICE leave LA — and Milan, where the Winter Olympics begin today

Santa Monica City Council took a big step forward for working people by passing the Worker Retention Ordinance on 1st reading. Thank you Mayor Torosis, Councilmembers Hall & Raskin for standing up for workers. We urge the City Council to pass it on 2nd reading so stability and fairness become law.

We stand with our sisters and brothers in @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social forever and always.

Thank you to everyone who showed up to support ASU Aramark workers in their fight for a fair contract! Special shoutout to @senatorlaurenkuby.bsky.social for always showing up and supporting workers!

Image of the modern, two-story UNITE HERE Local 11 Dental Center building. Text above the image reads "UNITE HERE Local 11 Dental Center is now open!"

Imagen del edificio nuevo del Centro Dental de UNITE HERE Local 11 y las palabras "¡El Centro Dental UNITE HERE Local 11 ya está abierto!

For better dental health in 2026, remember that the UNITE HERE Local 11 Dental Center is open for members! Click the link to see if you're eligible or call 310-894-8095 to make an appointment: https://bit.ly/45zGm4G

A Black woman holding a picket sign from UNITE HERE Local 11 that reads "Aramark: Respect Your Workers" standing outside the ASU Memorial Union.

Collage of four Arizona State University (ASU) Dining Hall workers showing support for a strike vote. The two workers in the top panel give thumbs up; the two workers on the bottom panel display a circular "I voted" sticker. Text on the collage reads "ASU Dining Hall Workers Vote 99% to Authorize a Strike."

Three people pose together at the picket line of Aramark workers outside ASU's Memorial Union. A woman on the left has a sign reading "Respect Our Rights." A man in the center is raising his fist.

Four people who helped lead the picket line for Aramark workers outside ASU's Memorial Union smile together.

Get ready for Spring Semester! A reminder to the community of Arizona State University that dining hall and food service workers employed by Aramark have authorized a strike if necessary.

Hotel worker Luis chants at an immigrants' rights march in downtown Los Angeles, surrounded by people with signs and musical instruments

Uniformed hotel workers stand outside their workplace with yellow-black-and-white signs reading "ICE out of LA" and "Immigrants make America great."

A Local 11 member in a red t-shirt walking along the roadside under a cloudy sky in Delano carrying the United Farmworkers flag (red with white circle and stylized bird).

A group of Local 11 members march with a banner that reads "WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS!!!" surrounded by various national flags.

In 2026, we will continue to stand united as workers—immigrants and native-born—to protect our neighbors, our communities, and our rights.

Person holding a sign reading "Olympic Wage Now!" at a rally outside Los Angeles City Hall. Above the image is the masthead of the Los Angeles Times and below is the headline "Bid to repeal L.A.'s $30 hotel minimum wage fails to qualify for the ballot."

Three activists smile at a rally, one holding a sign that reads "OLYMPIC WAGE NOW!" The rally is full of people in red and in purple t-shirts and hold similar signs.

Airport workers wearing red Unite Here Local 11 t-shirts, smiling and cheering at a rally outside Los Angeles City Hall. People in the crowd hold signs that read "Olympic Wage Now" and "Pay Up Now."

In September we learned we successfully the Olympic Wage, and we've been defending it ever since! Send a message to Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson & say "Hands off the Olympic Wage!" https://bit.ly/4jfrsH8d

Four individuals wearing "UNITE HERE" t-shirts smiling and standing together at the launch of the Fair Games Coalition

Three smiling clergy people stand outside the LA Memorial Coliseum on a very sunny day. The person on the left is dressed in a white coat and a colorful liturgical stole, the person in the middle is also wearing a liturgical stole with a flower pattern, and the person on the right is in a black shirt with a white clerical "dog collar."

The Fair Games Coalition launches with a massive rally on a very sunny day. People are holding signs advocating for union jobs and dignified treatment of immigrant communities.

Group of individuals wearing red "UNITE HERE Local 11" t-shirts smiling and standing together outdoors.

We proudly helped launch the Fair Games Coalition in 2025! Comprised of 60+ organizations, we demand that mega-events in our communities benefit working families—or the corporations who profit could face massive protests & strikes before the 2028 Olympics.

Santa Monica workers, advocates, and faith leaders have been speaking up for housing for a L O N G time. We did it all year, and we will in 2026, too. We're proud of this moment from 2025.

Phoenix: Some airline catering trucks at Sky Harbor do not have functioning AC The city of Phoenix said that an airline catering company has made “measurable improvements” in the AC performance in their trucks, but there are still some that do not have adequately functioning AC.

Arizona workers who deliver food for airline flights report sitting in 100+ degree heat, sometimes for hours. Now we've won some heat safety protections! Check out the back story from ABC 15 Phoenix here: https://bit.ly/4qtgaRY

Two women in red t-shirts holding signs that read "OLYMPIC WAGE NOW" in Spanish at a public meeting. Above is the masthead for the Long Beach Press-Telegram and below is the headline for the article "Long Beach Convention Center, airport, amphitheater to receive 'Olympic Wage' increases.

A big win of 2025: Workers in Long Beach won their Olympic Wage! #raisethewage #defendthewage https://bit.ly/4pXbVOK

A nighttime protest scene with workers picketing through a crosswalk. In the foreground, Flying Food Group worker Gary pauses in crossing the street to show off his red UNITE HERE T-shirt—and his smile.

A picket line of Local 11 members and allies passes through a crosswalk holding signs with symbols related to wage issues and wearing red shirts that say UNITE HERE Local 11. The scene is on a busy street during twilight.

A nighttime protest scene with large banners laid on the road asking "CITY OF LA: WHY IS FLYING FOOD GROUP ABOVE THE LAW?" with people gathered around it and traffic lights in the background.

Picketers carry a large puppet depicting a Local 11 member in cook's whites holding a sign saying "Turn Up the Heat." Several demonstrators surround the puppet in the nighttime scene.

Remember just before Thanksgiving, when hundreds of workers & allies took to the streets outside LAX to ask the City of Los Angeles "Why is Flying Food Group above the law?"

That wasn't the first action—or the last action. Flying Food Group workers will stand together until we win.

Banner reading "Happy New Year to the Jamaica Bay Inn, whose workers are still without a contract." Features Scabby the Rat, four workers in celebratory poses, and an image of a lit-up boat parade at night.

Jamaica Bay Inn workers voted to unionize with Local 11 in 2024. Since then, workers say they've been seeking a constructive path forward with the hotel owners to secure a first contract that reflects dignity, respect & stability for the people who keep the hotel running every day.

When Workers Unite, Even Disney Has to Listen A six-year legal battle ends with a massive payout — and a reminder of what unions can achieve.

Local 11 members at Disneyland got 5 years of back wages in 2025 as part of Disney's $233 MILLION settlement in the #MeasureL living wage case—the largest class-action #wagetheft case in California history. Read more from Mark Kreidler at Capital and Main: https://bit.ly/3YboQkc

Strikers picket in front of the DreamWorks Animation entrance arch on a sunny day.

A costumed luchador on the picket line chants on a bullhorn while other workers picket with signs reading "Compass: Respect Your Workers" in the background.

A group of Unite Here Local 11 members holding strike signs outside the Sony Pictures building. They work in an employee cafeteria run by Compass.

A group of Local 11 members who work in the employee cafeteria at a Boeing facility demonstrate for a fair contract from Aramark, the company that runs their cafeteria.

Cafeteria workers *everywhere* stand up for fair wages and benefits!
Local 11 members at Compass– and Aramark-run corporate cafeterias showed off their people power in 2025. Some of us even went on strike! What's next for 2026? 👀

Fair Games and Immigration Groups Call for Resignation of LA28's Chairperson Wasserman in Response to Welcoming Trump's MAGAfication of Board - UNITE HERE Local 11 The groups gathered outside of LA28’s Los Angeles offices to deliver a letter signed by hundreds.

ICYMI: the Fair Games coalition and immigrant rights groups called for the resignation of Casey Wasserman—the chair of LA's upcoming Olympic & Paralympic Games, LA28—when President Trump MAGAfied the group with his appointees. https://bit.ly/4phrujZ

CATHOLIC AGITATOR: WITH UNION IN MY BLOOD - UNITE HERE Local 11 I was born a union baby, but never really considered myself as such until sitting down to write this article.I was born a union baby, but I have never really considered myself as such until sitting down to write this article.

An inspiring read ICYMI: a young Local 11 organizer tells his origin story in the Catholic Agitator: https://bit.ly/4oXWepC

"I have seen a different world and I know better is possible, just waiting for us to seize it."

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From Food Bank to Table - LAHTA This video series features HTA chefs demonstrating creative, easy-to-follow recipes using ingredients commonly distributed at food banks or pantries.

ICYMI: our friends at the @LosAngelesHTA created a resource to help people move ingredients from food banks to their tables. Check out the recipes from the HTA Kitchen: https://bit.ly/44J7UoM #mutualaid

Workers at Aimbridge-operated hotels in Los Angeles and Philadelphia strike during event-filled weekend, UNITE HERE reports - UNITE HERE Local 11 Workers at hotels owned by RLJ Lodging Trust on both coasts walk off the job in effort to win wages and benefits that enable them to afford to raise families in the cities where they work CONTACT: Rachel Sulkes | rsulkes@unitehere11.org | 602-327-4084 P...

Remembering this: Workers at Aimbridge-operated hotels in Los Angeles and Philadelphia walked out on strike during the same weekend this fall. https://bit.ly/4hTI0E4

Group of enthusiastic Dodger Stadium workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 11, posing together with a baseball-themed backdrop featuring the text "Dodger Fans, meet the REAL MVPs of the World Series!"

Graphic reading 'Life's Better in a Union' with the UNITE HERE Local 11 logo, all set against a Dodger blue background. The bottom of the image includes the cheer "Let's Go Dodgers!"

While it's pouring rain, we're happily remembering the incredible 2025 World Series. Our thanks go to the Boys in Blue, but don't forget the stadium workers! When games in Dodger Stadium go extra innings, Local 11 members do, too.

Members of Arizona's large African diaspora standing outside a building, some women wearing head scarves. They are engaged in a conversation with a focus on one individual who is speaking out of the picture.

Three people, one wearing a red "UNITE HERE Local 11" T-shirt, engaged in a conversation in a hall with arched floral decorations.

Group of attendees conversing around a table at a community event in a large hall.

Hotel worker Liliana Hernandez speaks at a podium with a microphone, featuring the logo of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and a photo of the late Rev. James Lawson.

Nonviolent civil disobedience is an effective strategy for social change. That's why Local 11 partnered with groups in Phoenix and Tucson as well as in Los Angeles and helped more people learn these transformative skills. Looking forward to more in 2026.