Press Releases November 9, 2016
Culinary Union Helps Elect first Latina to US Senate, First Latino to House for Nevada Las Vegas, NV – The 270,000 members of UNITE HERE and their hundreds of thousands of family members are standing strong today after their historic efforts to increase Latino voter turnout in the 2016 election. The union that helped Clinton […]
Posts April 2, 2015
Last week, Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which would allow businesses, governments, and even first responders to discriminate against the LGBTQ community and other minority groups on religious grounds. UNITE HERE Local 23 applauds a revised bill that was announced this morning and will be carefully monitoring policies that […]
Press Releases December 5, 2007
UNITE HERE! For Immediate Release December 5, 2007 Contact: Amanda Cooper 917-533-4050 Update from UNITE HERE on Presidential Endorsement Process (Los Angeles, CA) – UNITE HERE has made no endorsement in the Presidential race at this time. The union, including Culinary Local 226 in Nevada, plans to announce an endorsement in early January, 2008. The […]
Press Releases November 16, 2007
New York, NY – UNITE HERE stands in solidarity with our brothers and sisters at IATSE Local One in their fight for a fair contract with the League of American Theaters and Producers. Many UNITE HERE members in New York City have been directly affected by this strike. Our members work in NYC hotels and […]
Press Releases November 5, 2024
Statement from UNITE HERE President Gwen Mills: This election season, UNITE HERE members declared that it was up to us to help win this election, and we delivered. We went hard because the outcome will determine whether unions and working-class people can keep our focus on moving forward to create a better future. We left […]
Press Releases April 27, 2023
Petersburg, VA – UNITE HERE Locals 23 & 25, the hospitality workers unions that represent over 8,000 Virginia voters, today announced their support for Lashrecse Aird in the 13h Senate District Primary. In the 2021 general election, 200 UNITE HERE members knocked over 230,000 doors for endorsed candidates in Virginia. Union-endorsed candidates won in every […]
Press Releases November 12, 2022
UNITE HERE Statement on Sen. Cortez-Masto Win: Landmark Victories in NV, AZ and PA a Testament to the Power of Working People The union that ran the largest field operation in NV, AZ, and PA announces plans to build off its general election canvass program in GA for the Senate runoff. Today, UNITE HERE — the […]
Press Releases August 2, 2021
On August 2, days before the 56th anniversary of the signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, UNITE HERE joined the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival national rally and march to combat voter suppression laws. More than 85 UNITE HERE members joined hundreds of allies in a march from Union Plaza […]
Press Releases June 26, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C.—While Republican Senators continue the attack on voting rights, UNITE HERE hospitality workers from 21 states joined Black Voters Matter in a mass march and demonstration in Washington D.C. on Saturday, June 26. Alarmed by voter suppression laws targeting people of color sweeping the nation, UNITE HERE mobilized hospitality workers by bus from 21 […]
Press Releases June 24, 2021
WHO: Hotel housekeepers, cooks and other hospitality workers with the union UNITE HERE, alongside Black Voters Matter and allies. WHAT: National march of hospitality workers followed by a Freedom Ride for Voting Rights Rally. At 12:30 PM, 1,500 UNITE HERE Freedom Riders will begin marching from the Intersection of D St NW and New Jersey […]
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