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July 27, 2010

SEIU and UNITE HERE Reach Settlement Ending Dispute
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Two of the nation’s most prominent unions, the Service Employees
International Union and UNITE HERE, have announced a settlement ending
an eighteen-month dispute over the assets of the former apparel workers
union UNITE. Under the settlement, SEIU will take ownership of
Amalgamated Bank, the nation’s only labor-owned bank. Meanwhile, UNITE
HERE will be allowed to keep about $75 million in challenged assets as
well as ownership of the apparel workers’ former headquarters in
Manhattan. The New York Times reports the agreement also stipulates that
UNITE HERE will retain its exclusive jurisdiction to unionize workers in
the hotel and gambling industries, as well as food-service workers at
stadiums, convention centers, businesses, airports and airline caterers.
SEIU will have jurisdiction to organize food-service workers at
healthcare facilities, prisons and government buildings.



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