Wilhelm, UNITE HERE! Stand with AFSCME
July 01, 2010
UNITE HERE! Pres. John WilhelmUNITE HERE! Pres. John Wilhelm addressed delegates Wednesday on the importance of labor solidarity and thanked AFSCME members for supporting his union’s fights throughout the years.
“I literally can’t begin to count the number of times AFSCME has stood with the members of UNITE HERE! in strikes, picket lines, rallies and boycotts,” Wilhelm said.
He recounted how AFSCME members rallied in favor of the strike against the New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas in the 1990s, which lasted for more than six years and became one of the longest strikes in recent American labor history.
“Now they’re going after public employees,” Wilhelm said. “You have been with us, and UNITE HERE! and our members will always stand in solidarity with you.”
