For NEJB UNITE HERE members
Your union. Use it.
You're one of 8,000+ members across New England and New York. This page is for you — the people who already chose each other. Get hold of your business agent. Get the updates that matter. Bring in the people you care about.
Member services hotline: (617) 426-1515· Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm
What do you need today?
Reach your business agent
The person assigned to your shop, your local, your contract.
Your business agent is the union staff person who knows your contract, your employer, and your shop. Call, text, or email them directly. If you don't know who yours is, use the lookup below.
JOSEPH ABBOUD MFG · NEW BEDFORDHEALTH
Wellness & Health Benefits
The New England Joint Board has a longstanding commitment to the health and well-being of every Union member. Over the years, our wellness initiative program has offered diabetes education classes, a walking club, meditation classes, and solidarity events that promote healthy lifestyles and support members in building wellness within
their own lives and communities. If you are interested in learning more, or creating wellness initiatives at your shop, please contact your Business Agent for information onnext steps.
JOSEPH ABBOUD MFG · NEW BEDFORDStay in the loop
You shouldn't be the last to hear about your own contract.
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Be a leader at work
The contract is the floor. You and your coworkers are the building.
Most of what makes a union strong happens on the shop floor — one conversation, one map, one win at a time. These are the tools NEJB members actually use.
Weingarten, Beck, Janus — in plain English.
What you can ask for, what your employer can't do, and how your contract backs you up. Wallet-sized cards available in 7 languages.
Download the rights packBe the person your coworkers can turn to.
Grievance templates, one-on-one conversation guides, the steward handbook, and a self-paced training that takes about three hours.
Open the steward toolkitWho is on the fence? Who is solid? Who is missing?
A printable shop-map worksheet plus a digital version that only you can see. Track conversations, follow-ups, and who has signed onto the next ask.
Start a shop mapWage theft, retaliation, a contract violation.
Send it to your business agent in one form. We'll get back the same day if it's safety-related, the next business day otherwise.
Report an issueStill stuck?
Call us. A real person will answer.
Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm. Outside those hours, leave a message — a staffer returns calls the next business day. Members in active workplace emergencies should call their business agent's mobile line.