Press Releases August 5, 2024
NEW YORK — Today, UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers’ union operating the nation’s largest labor-led canvassing operation, is proud to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President in the 2024 election. Harris has consistently demonstrated her unwavering commitment to working people and the labor movement. As Vice President, Harris’s leadership was instrumental in saving the […]
Press Releases December 6, 2022
The hospitality workers’ Union UNITE HERE ran labor’s largest field operation in GA after securing victories and the Senate majority as the largest in NV, AZ, and PA — knocking on over 3.2 million doors over the 2022 midterm cycle. In response to the projected victory for Senator Raphael Warnock, UNITE HERE International Secretary-Treasurer Gwen Mills […]
Press Releases November 2, 2021
Union field operation of 200 canvassers says victory in the Commonwealth for Democrats depends on turnout, economic issues. ARLINGTON, Va.— As voters across Virginia head to the polls this election day, hospitality workers are making a final push on the doors to drive turnout for Democrats. “Workers have played a crucial role in getting Democrats […]
Press Releases September 10, 2021
“UNITE HERE affiliates across the country have adopted innovative approaches to promote vaccination and counter misinformation. Through UNITE HERE’s “Our Shot” program, our union has applied the principles of any good organizing drive to reach over 675,000 hospitality workers, their families, and neighbors by meeting our multiracial, largely immigrant membership where they’re at — in the […]
Press Releases November 3, 2020
NATIONWIDE—Over 1,500 hotel housekeepers, dishwashers, cooks, and casino attendants will have knocked on the doors of two million Americans by Election Day, doing their part to win election for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. In key swing states, UNITE HERE hospitality workers—primarily Black and Latinx workers whose jobs and families have been hit particularly hard […]
Press Releases January 8, 2020
Livestream: www.Facebook.com/Culinary226 Follow along on Twitter: @Culinary226 & @UNITEHERE WHAT: Town Halls with union members and Senator Amy Klobuchar, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Tom Steyer to discuss issues important to working people in the 2020 U.S. presidential race. Candidates will also tour the Culinary Health Center while they are in Las Vegas. WHO: Hundreds of UNITE HERE Culinary Workers Union Local […]
Press Releases July 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC—UNITE HERE-represented airline catering workers and their supporters, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and hundreds of labor, political and community supporters rallied at DC’s Reagan National Airport on Tuesday, calling on American Airlines to take action to ensure that one job is enough for all workers in the […]
Press Releases September 5, 2018
Waikiki, Hawai’i – Today 7,800 UNITE HERE hotel workers at Marriott-operated hotels across four of the largest tourism destination locations in North America announced that they will be holding strike votes against Marriott next week in a series of rolling votes. The strike votes for next week in Waikiki, Maui, San Francisco, and Boston Marriott […]
Press Releases June 30, 2018
Chicago, IL – UNITE HERE union workers will be mobilizing to join “Families Belong Together” immigration actions on Saturday all across America, including in Honolulu, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Newark, and Philadelphia. UNITE HERE workers will be joining with allies and other unions in these cities and more to call for immediate reunification of the […]
Press Releases May 15, 2018
Washington, DC – UNITE HERE was honored at the 2018 Labor Rights Defenders Awards by the International Labor Rights Forum for the pioneering work the union has done to combat sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. UNITE HERE represents hotel, food service, and casino workers and has received international attention in the past year for success […]
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