Pages January 6, 2022
UNITE HERE is a labour union that represents over 300,000 members working in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation, and airport industries in North America. UNITE HERE represents over 18,000 hotel and hospitality workers across six locals in Canada. Our membership is diverse. We are predominantly women and people of colour, […]
Pages June 15, 2017
A Visual History of Struggles & Victories of UNITE HERE Members 2022 Remembering Resilience Celebrate the legacy of John Wilhelm and the spirit of the UNITE HERE frontier strike of 1991-1998 in Las Vegas. We honor Wilhelm’s remarkable leadership and organizing skill, which were instrumental in securing victory for the striking workers. This video serves […]
Press Releases April 1, 2024
Photos >> NEW YORK—On March 31, 2024, D. Taylor stepped down from his role as President of UNITE HERE, leaving behind a legacy defined by record union growth and groundbreaking raised standards for service-sector jobs. Taylor prioritized organizing in places written off by most, continuing that growth even as the global pandemic devastated the hospitality […]
Press Releases January 6, 2021
ATLANTA—Today hospitality workers with UNITE HERE join Democrats in Georgia and nationwide to celebrate a definitive win for Rev. Raphael Warnock and a promising lead for Jon Ossoff in the Georgia Senate run-off races. UNITE HERE—a union of hospitality workers known for its impressive ground game that was key to turning Nevada and Arizona blue—credits […]
Press Releases September 17, 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY for September 19, 2024 at 2:00pET / 1:00pCT/ NoonMT / 11:00aPT Please register in advance. Click here to RSVP. Who: UNITE HERE International President Gwen Mills UNITE HERE Secretary-Treasurer Nia Winston Canvassers from: UNITE HERE Local 11 Arizona; Culinary Union UNITE HERE Local 226 Nevada; and UNITE HERE Local 274 Philadelphia What: Virtual […]
Press Releases January 31, 2018
New York, NY – Effective January 1st, 2018, all eligible UNITE HERE workers with benefits through UNITE HERE HEALTH now have inclusive transgender health benefits, including coverage of gender confirmation surgery, hormone therapy, counseling services, and more. These benefits have already been available to all UNITE HERE union staff, and we are proud to announce […]
Press Releases June 20, 2024
NEW YORK—Today at UNITE HERE’s 2024 Constitutional Convention, Gwen Mills was elected as the international union’s new president, making her the first woman to hold this position in the organization’s 130-year history. Gwen’s election as President marks a significant milestone for both UNITE HERE—which has a membership of nearly 275,000 hospitality workers across the U.S. […]
Press Releases November 7, 2020
NATIONWIDE—UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers’ union, organized the country’s largest union-door-to-door canvassing operation, paving the way to a clear path to victory for Joe Biden. In Pennsylvania, the state that clinched victory for the democratic candidates, UNITE HERE canvassers knocked on the doors of 575,000 voters. These mostly Black and Brown workers made the critical […]
Press Releases June 8, 2005
On May 31, 2005 a Judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania agreed to certify a class in the case of Pichler v. UNITE. While this decision certifies the common interests of a class it does not rule on the merits of the case. UNITE HERE intends to appeal the certification and maintains that it […]
Press Releases November 5, 2020
Link to stream of national press conference >> NATIONWIDE—UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers’ union, organized the country’s largest union-door-to-door canvassing operation. Today, the union announced that those efforts in Nevada, Arizona, and Pennsylvania point to a clear path to victory for Joe Biden. UNITE HERE has been preparing for the 2020 election since 2016, identifying […]