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SEIU and UNITE HERE Reach Settlement Ending Dispute

HeadlineJul 27, 2010

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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