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Minnesota's Hospitality & Craft Beverage Union. **Our DMs are open for workers looking to Unionize** uniteherelocal17.org

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UNITE HERE Local 17 @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social · May 2

We picketed with airport workers and marched for immigrant and union rights on International Workers’ Day. Solidarity forever!!

People in red tshirts posing at an airport picket with UNITE HERE and UNION NOW signs.

Workers picketing in front of MSP airport.

Workers wearing red UNITE HERE tshirts and holding UNITE HERE signs smiling. They are at an International Workers' Day action at the Minnesota State Capitol.

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UNITE HERE Local 17 @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social · Feb 11

💥First Avenue workers across all 7 venues voted UNANIMOUSLY to ratify their groundbreaking union contract!!!

Workers won:
-Big raises, longevity pay that respects years of hard work
-improved scheduling, training and safety policies
-protections for LGBT+ workers
& more!

A group of First Avenue workers in front of the club. They voted this weekend to ratify their first union contract.

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Anders @derzquist.net · Dec 20

I am exceptionally proud to see that 50% of the highlights on this list are from my beloved @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social "The Fightin' 17!".

While the details run the gamut, it shows that we are a union dedicated to organizing new workers & growing the labor movement.

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UNITE HERE Local 17 @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social · Dec 10

CONGRATULATIONS to DNC workers at MSP for ratifying their new contract with:
- significant wage increases
- a pension
- paid parental leave
- greatly reduced healthcare costs
- increased PTO
- and more!

Workers took a strike vote in August. When we fight, we win!

Two DNC workers posing together, smiling with thumbs up at MSP airport. After taking a strike vote, they ratified a new union contract with significant victories.

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UNITE HERE Local 17 @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social · Dec 6

The cold won’t stop us and neither will the hotel bosses. Marquette workers voted by an overwhelming 91% to authorize a strike. One Union, One Standard!

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UNITE HERE Local 17 @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social · Nov 22

The best time to organize a union is before you urgently need it! If you work in Minnesota craft beverage or hospitality, reach out to us here: [email protected]

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Note what I’m not saying here. I’m not saying unions can fix all the inequities of the brewing industry, or even that they always get the goods for the laid-off workers they represent. Theirs is an uphill battle, particularly against a counterparty with effectively limitless resources. At Anchor Brewing Company, for example, new billionaire owner Hamdi Ulukaya appears to have effectively stonewalled the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 6’s urging to rehire the long-suffering members of Anchor Brewing Union. Compare that to the situation at Fair State Brewing Cooperative, which went into and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with its UNITE HERE Local 17-repped union intact (and with a new CBA as of August 2024, no less). The potential outcomes are varied and vast, and unions can’t guarantee the best one for craft breweries’ workers. But when it’s a multinational corporation on the other side of the bargaining table, they can be helpful for preventing the worst one.

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UNITE HERE Local 17 @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social · Nov 22

Cold, Snow and Bad Bosses won't stop us! Marquette Hotel workers had a 7am wake-up call picket to let everyone know: NO CONTRACT NO SLEEP!!!

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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · Nov 21

2000 @unitehere.bsky.social Local 2 hotel workers have been on strike for 60 days! Loved joining these brave workers tonight!

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