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Lawsuit Forces Short-Term Rental Platform Out of L.A. Market
Lawsuit Forces Short-Term Rental Platform Out of L.A. Market Citing lax public enforcement, activists vow more action to uphold city’s Home Sharing Ordinance Los Angeles, CA: A short-term rental host and platform announced last week that it will stop offering short-term rentals in the City of Los Angeles. The announcement comes just days after residents filed […]
Covid Resources in Arizona
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LOCAL 11 ARIZONA MEMBERS For your safety and the safety of our community, all union offices are currently closed. We will start with virtual unemployment insurance assistance soon; details to come. You can call the Local 11 helpline at 480-795-5330 EXT 242 and leave a message with your first and last name, your phone […]
Workers of LAX Giant HMS Host Call on Company to “Pay Up”
Concessionaire faces wage class action and a million-dollar bill for worker health insurance, while hundreds of airport workers remain laid off Los Angeles, CA: Sixty laid off LAX workers took to their cars Thursday to caravan through the airport with horns, lights, and signs that say “HMS Host Pay Up.” The protest came ahead of a […]
Unemployment in Arizona
Arizona Unemployment Insurance You can apply from the Arizona Department of Economic Security Website. If you need help, please call the hotline at (480) 795-5330 EXT 242. What you need to have when you apply: Your Social Security Number. AZ Driver’s License or AZ State Issued ID (Note: you may still complete your application without these […]
TAKE BACK 2020
UNITE HERE knocked on doors of 3 million voters to win AZ, NV, and PA for Joe Biden UNITE HERE organized the largest union door-to-door canvass operation in the U.S. 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 […]
Arizona’s Largest Political Field Operation
Election Day will Mark 800,000 door knocks for Arizona’s Largest Political Field Operation 300 canvassers operating out of five offices across greater Phoenix focused on winning Arizona for Biden/Harris, Mark Kelly for Senate, and pro-working-family candidates in state and local races Phoenix, Arizona: In an Election Day push to get out the vote in Arizona, […]
Democracy is Essential Work
Over 1,000 UNITE HERE members—Arizona, Florida, Nevada, and Pennsylvania—are making the critical difference in key battleground states, doing the most important job of their lives: Removing Trump from office. Because democracy is essential work. We’re proud of our courageous members weathering tough conditions to lead the largest door-to-door union canvass operation in the country.
Dina Paredes
Dina Paredes works at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles. A native of El Salvador and mother of two US citizen kids, she has lived in this country for more than 20 years and is a recipient of Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Dina went to canvass to Arizona durong the 2020 presidential election to […]