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UNITE HERE represents workers throughout the U.S. and Canada who work in the hotel, gaming, food service, airport, textile, manufacturing, distribution, laundry, and transportation industries.

We welcome inquiries from the media regarding our industries, members, policy and politics, and other issues of concerns to North American workers. Please contact mcohorst@unitehere.org.

 

Some of Disney World and SeaWorld’s biggest fans are employees. But thousands remain on furlough.

Orlando Sentinel  Press Mentions August 13, 2020

Vancouver Coun. Swanson fasts to support B.C. hotel workers’ hunger strike

City News  Press Mentions August 12, 2020

B.C. hotel workers begin hunger strike at legislature

CTV News  Press Mentions August 11, 2020

Laid-off workers set up soup kitchens in front of senators who oppose extending $600 checks

CNN  Press Mentions August 11, 2020

B.C. hotel workers start hunger strike to create awareness around industry layoffs

Global News  Press Mentions August 10, 2020

With $600 UI Checks in Limbo, Unions to Organize Food Drives, Call on Senate to Pass the HEROES Act

Press Releases August 10, 2020

For pandemic jobless, the only real certainty is uncertainty

AP News  Press Mentions August 9, 2020

Virus causing financial pain even for people still working

AP News  Press Mentions August 8, 2020

As COVID-19 Cases Rise, Hotel Workers’ Union Offers Meeting Planners Resources to Book Events Safely

Press Releases July 30, 2020

Lawmakers said aviation companies laid off workers even as they took Cares Act funds

Washington Post  Press Mentions July 29, 2020

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