United Workers

Baltimoreans Press Casino for Real Local Benefits
May 1, 2013
United Workers organizer, Michael Fox, chronicles the fight for Human Rights based, Fair Development, in Baltimore for Labor Notes.   Caesars Entertainment and UNITE HERE are days away from signing an agreement that will guarantee a fair process for workers to unionize at Baltimore... Keep Reading »
Universal Health Care Advocacy Group Readying for Local Rally - First Maryland Speakout
April 30, 2013
[...] At Birdie’s Cafe in Westminster Friday, three members of Carroll County’s chapter of Healthcare is a Human Right Maryland and statewide organizer Sergio España told of the formation of the grassroots campaign locally. They told of their excitement for the state’s... Keep Reading »
United Workers Bring Together 400 in Rally for Fair Development
April 24, 2013
NESRI partner, the United Workers, joined with Baltimore Community Churches and UniteHere in a Fair Development rally and march on April 20, 2013, which drew 400 participants.  The Baltimore Indypendent Reader chonicled the event.   On Saturday, April 20th, 2013, over 400 people took... Keep Reading »
Why We Need a Human Rights Based Tax System
April 15, 2013
Today the highest earners in our country are filing taxes at rates lower than those struggling to pay rent and put food on the table for their families.  This dynamic is reaching disturbing depths as the media announces that corporate profits are at record highs while wages for people are at... Keep Reading »
Judge Agrees with United Workers: Disney is Accountable to Workers for Abrupt Close of Business
January 7, 2013
The United Workers (UW) welcomed the New Year with a courtroom victory over the Disney Company, whose Baltimore affiliate closed the ESPN Zone restaurant abruptly in June, 2010 without any prior notice to workers.   A U.S. District Court rendered a “summary judgment” in... Keep Reading »
Marylanders to Launch Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign
December 14, 2012
“We don’t deserve to die simply because we don’t have healthcare.” - Doreen Hicks, Baltimorean, low-wage stadium worker, and an organizing member of United Workers On Saturday, December 15, 2-5 pm, Marylanders from throughout the state will gather at St. John Baptist... Keep Reading »
Recent Media Highlights Cost of Development Not Based on Human Rights
December 7, 2012
Economic and community development must put people first.  As the Declaration on the Right to Development, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1986 makes clear, communities must be both the beneficiaries and participants. Yet, national and local media continue to chronicle the cost and... Keep Reading »
Groups to Launch "Healthcare Is a Human Right" Campaign in Maryland
December 6, 2012
On Saturday, December 15, the United Workers and the Maryland chapters of Physicians for a National Health Program and Healthcare-Now are launching the statewide campaign “Healthcare Is a Human Right Maryland.” Local chapters have already been formed in Baltimore City and Ann... Keep Reading »
United Workers Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary
November 30, 2012
This week, NESRI’s partner, the United Workers marks its tenth anniversary by remembering its past, celebrating the present, and looking forward to the future with words from its leaders, archival video, and music. Ten years ago, a group of homeless day laborers huddled in a Baltimore... Keep Reading »
New Health Care Is a Human Right Campaign in Maryland is Hiring
June 20, 2012
United Workers, a long-time partner of NESRI's Human Right to Work with Dignity Program, is collaborating with Healthcare-NOW Maryland and Physicians for a National Health Program, Maryland Chapter, in a new joint campaign called Health Care is a Human Right (HCHR), inspired by the eponymous... Keep Reading »