Restaurant Workers at Monterey Bay Aquarium Ratify New Contract

Announcement from UNITE HERE Local 483:

After many months of discussion and actions, employees in the restaurant and cafe at the Monterey Bay Aquarium vote to ratify a new agreement with their employer S.S.A. who took over the operation of the Aquarium Food services in February 2015.

Workers voted 92% YES to the union contract on September 9, after many months of discussions and actions, and will now be represented by UNITE HERE Local 483.

The new 4-year agreement includes BACK-PAY since April 2015, Wage Hikes of +$2.00 an hour over the contract term, lowers medical insurance co-pay costs for workers, and improves paid vacations, holidays, and sick leave!

"The Union works because we do. It was a great job by all my co-workers" -Cynthia Corres, a 10 year cashier/barista


UNITE HERE (formerly the Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union or HERE), Local 483 was founded back in 1937, (then known as the Hotel, Motel, Restaurant, and Bartenders Union, Local 483), and has been a leader in the struggle for workers’ rights on the Monterey Bay ever since. Local 483 is an affiliate of UNITE HERE! International Union, which began in 1891 as HERE and in July 2004 merged with UNITE (the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees). We represent over 1,300 hospitality workers on the Monterey Bay at more than three dozen hotels, restaurants, and golf courses.

UNITE HERE Local 483
http://www.unitehere483.org/