Press Releases December 20, 2020
WHO: Stacey Abrams and over 600 UNITE HERE hospitality workers WHAT: Zoom Virtual Rally WHERE: Zoom. Media to RSVP here. WHEN: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 10:00 am WHY: More than 600 UNITE HERE laid-off hospitality workers have been canvassing to deliver the vote for Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, aiming to knock on more than one million doors in Georgia. In […]
Press Releases November 18, 2022
WHAT: Zoom press conference. Hear from food service workers and union leaders about the need for new union contracts that address stagnant wages and poor working conditions. Media RSVP link for Zoom here. WHO: Sodexo food service workers from Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center and the Las Vegas Convention Center; UNITE HERE International President D. […]
Press Releases September 12, 2022
WHO: Hospitality workers’ union, UNITE HERE, representing housekeepers, cooks, dishwashers, and other workers in hotels, casinos, food service, and other industries; UNITE HERE’s Culinary Union (Nevada), UNITE HERE Local 11 (Arizona), and UNITE HERE Philly (Pennsylvania). Hear from canvassers in three key battleground states about what voters are talking about most at doors. WHAT: Zoom […]
Press Releases November 5, 2020
WHAT: Virtual press conference with leaders from UNITE HERE—union that operated the largest door-to-door canvassing operations in three outstanding battleground states—to release new information from the ground in NV, AZ, and PA indicating clear path to victory for Joe Biden. WHO: D. Taylor, UNITE HERE International President Susan Minato, Co-President, UNITE HERE Local 11 Geoconda Arguello-Kline, […]
Press Releases June 17, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY for June 17, 2020 from 11:00am-1:30pm ET WASHINGTON, DC — On Wednesday, June 17, more than one thousand union members will travel to Washington, D.C. for the Workers First Caravan for Racial and Economic Justice, the headline event of a massive national mobilization with hundreds of actions calling for bold policies to confront […]
Press Releases July 14, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TELEPRESS CONFERENCE—Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 12pET/9aPT Contact: Meghan Cohorst, [email protected], 239-503-1533 Click here to register in advance Hospitality workers union UNITE HERE Canada to detail state of Canadian hospitality industry, call for implementation of essential recommendations for a safe and successful return to work UNITE HERE Canada will host a video […]
Press Releases September 14, 2020
All press must register in advance. Click here to RSVP. WHAT: Virtual town hall to discuss what’s at stake in the 2020 election, UNITE HERE’s efforts to get voters to the polls, and the impact that the pandemic has had on hospitality workers and their families. Building on their track record of historic wins in red […]
Press Releases June 21, 2021
With the Senate scheduled to vote tomorrow on the For the People Act, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer met today with hundreds of UNITE HERE hospitality workers who are on their way to Washington, D.C. to demand that the Senate pass legislation to protect and expand the right to vote. “Voting is fundamental to working people’s […]
Press Releases September 14, 2022
With stakes higher than ever for the 2022 midterms, the hospitality workers’ union UNITE HERE is bringing “Workers to the Front,” running the largest door-to-door canvassing efforts in three high-profile battleground states. Watch the full press conference (YouTube) | Photo highlights from the field (NV, AZ, PA) | Press release online | Press release on […]
Press Releases November 7, 2022
The hospitality workers’ union — running the largest canvasing operations in Arizona, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, with a smaller-scale effort in Georgia — announced earlier over 1,200 canvassers are knocking on 2.7 million doors for the 2022 midterms. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — On Monday — in the home stretch before the 2022 midterm election — hospitality workers’ union UNITE […]