Monday August 5, 2024
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UNITE HERE Local 11 Joins UNITE HERE International Union in Endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for President
UNITE HERE Local 11, representing more than 32,000 hospitality workers in the battleground state of Arizona and in Southern California who work in hotels, restaurants, universities, convention centers and airports, is proud to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President. Her track record is one of fighting for working families and we know she is the only candidate who will protect the rights of unions, immigrants, and women.
Local 11 already has a team of canvassers on the ground, talking to Arizona voters, and plans to have more than 500 cooks, dishwashers, housekeepers and servers knock on more than 1 million doors in Arizona for Vice President Kamala Harris and win for all of America’s working families.
These are the same hospitality workers who, in 2020 in the midst of a global pandemic, turned Arizona blue for President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and helped elect US Senator Mark Kelly by knocking on 800,000 doors. That same year, they helped deliver victory in the runoff election for US Senators Osoff and Rafael Warnock of Georgia. In 2022, UNITE HERE Local 11 and its affiliate Worker Power knocked on over 600,000 doors and helped elect Governor Katie Hobbs.
In 2023 UNITE HERE Local 11 led the nation’s largest hotel strike in modern US history and took on Airport Concession and Food Service companies. Workers fought for and won unprecedented wage increases, an unrivaled pension, and free healthcare for thousands of workers and their families, now they are ready to defend democracy.
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