From: Herejobs@aol.com
	by imo27.mx.aol.com (IMOv12/Dec1997) id NCSUa12997
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 22:28:55 EST
To: Herejobs@aol.com
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Dear Friends,

I would like to post recent news on several successful campaigns of the Hotel
Employees & Restaurant Employees Union (HERE), along with current job openings
with HERE on these and other campaigns.  We appreciate your posting and
circulating this information.  Circulating our job announcements has really
helped attract excellent applicants in the past ---thanks! 

Pat Lamborn,
HERE  International Union

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JOB OPENINGS

ORGANIZERS: CONNECTICUT
HERE is seeking organizers for Local 34, the Clerical/Technical Union at Yale
University and for Local 217, a statewide hotel and gaming local in
Connecticut.  Must have the commitment to organizing the unorganized and
demonstrated ability to develop and recruit leaders in internal and external
organizing drives. Salary depends on experience and includes complete benefit
package.  Send Resume to East Coast HERE Recruiter: Ellen Thomson, P.O. Box
322, Granby, CT 06035, FAX (860)251-6049.

ORGANIZERS: BILINGUAL - NATIONWIDE
HERE, is also seeking organizers bilingual in Spanish/English for organizing
campaigns in California (Oakland and Los Angeles), Washington D.C. and
Hartford, CT. HERE seeks an organizer bilingual in Haitian Creole/ English for
Stamford, CT. HERE has an excellent training and leadership development
program for both staff and members, entry level and experienced organizers
encouraged to apply. Salary depends on experience and includes benefit
package.  
For East Coast Positions Send Resume to: Ellen Thomson, HERE, P.O. Box 322,
Granby, CT 06035  FAX: (860)251-6049.  For West Coast Positions Send Resume
to: Pat Lamborn, HERE , 548 20th St. Oakland, CA  94612, FAX (510)893-5362

RESEARCH ANALYSTS: NATIONWIDE
HERE is also recruiting campaign research staff for positions in CONNECTICUT,
BOSTON, LOS ANGELES, LAS VEGAS, WASHINGTON DC and the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA,
and hires researchers elsewhere occasionally.  Staff in HERE's growing
Research Department conduct in-depth investigations of companies and develop
and implement strategic campaigns for organizing in the hotel, food service,
and gaming industries.  Ideal candidates will have activist experience:
demonstrated research skills; excellent writing and speaking ability;
familiarity with basic financial concepts; and ability to work in a team
environment.   Salary negotiable on the basis of experience; excellent
benefits. 
Send resume and cover letter to: Recruitment, HERE Research Department, 1219
28th  St., NW, Washington, DC  20007-3389, FAX: (202)333-6049. 

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AMPAIGN UPDATES !!!  HERE ORGANIZING AND STRIKE VICTORIES               IN
RECENT WEEKS.

JAN. 12, 1998:  ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
Workers on the Admiral President Riverboat Casino chose to join HERE Local 74
by a 171-103 in an NLRB Election. HERE has organized and won contracts for
three Illinois Riverboats and all four Northern Indiana riverboats. 

JAN. 20,1998, NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT
HERE International Union launched an organizing effort among the 12,000 casino
workers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, the most profitable casino in the
Western Hemisphere which is owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Indians. Initial
surveys and interviews indicate that workers are  concerned about cutbacks in
raises and bonuses, co-payments on the company health plan and poor air
quality resulting in the "Foxwoods Flu". An organizing victory here would be a
first for tribal casinos nationwide.  

JAN. 31, 1998: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
At the stroke of midnight, 258 strikers returned to their jobs at the Frontier
Hotel--after seven years on the picket line -- winning the longest running
strike in present day labor history. During the strike, HERE Local 226
organized 20,000 new hotel-casino workers in Las Vegas, including  those at
the MGM Grand Hotel, which signed a first contract in November 1997.

JAN. 22, 1998, NEW ORLEANS , LA
HERE Local 166 won an organizing victory with a 237-75 NLRB vote for the union
in a unit of 450 ARAMARK employees at the New Orleans Convention Center.
Another election is scheduled for Feb. 6-7 in a similar sized unit of ARAMARK
employees at the Superdome.  The union's campaign has featured extensive house
visiting, with up to 70 people making house calls.

FEB. 4, 1998, NEW YORK CITY
HERE Local  100 announced an important, milestone victory at the Box Tree
Restaurant -Hotel where the workers have been on strike for a first contract
since 1993. The union has negotiated a strong contract including employer paid
health insurance for all employees working 25 or more hours per week.