UNITE HERE Wins #MarriotStrike2018

Red Sun Press continues to live out our founding vision of the printing press as a tool for social and economic justice by working with customers in the labor movement, like UNITE HERE. UNITE HERE members work in a wide range of industries including the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation, and airport industries. Last year, 8,000 UNITE HERE members nationwide went on strike against Marriott Hotels under the the rallying cry, “One Job Should Be Enough.”

The Boston and RI UNITE HERE affiliate, Local 26, was on strike for 46 days in the fall of 2018 – the longest and largest hotel worker strike in Boston’s history. Rank-and-file workers and organizers were joined on the picket line by community supporters, day in and day out as the seasons turned.

Many of the bright, bold picket signs that carried the workers’ message to the public were printed by Red Sun Press. Our staff – in their free time – were among those marching in solidarity with strikers. Finally, in Boston a victory was announced on November 27, 2018 with the signing of “the most economically progressive contract in Local 26 history.” When the nationwide strike ended successfully, with the union securing higher wages, better safety and pensions for thousands of workers, Red Sun printed the above card that UNITE HERE sent as a thank you to the people and organizations that helped in the effort.