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Archive for category: COMMUNITY

Veteran’s Town Hall

VetsFwd, Worker Power, and UNITE HERE Local 11 co-hosted a town hall to gather veterans, veteran families, union members, and community allies to discuss the issues facing veteran’s right now as a result of an authoritarian federal government and its cuts to essential programs and services.
 
The panel featured Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, Army veteran and UNITE HERE Local 11 director Beatriz Topete, and Vets Forward Executive Director Ricardo Reyes.
 
We talked about the issues impacting veterans and our communities right now, from defending democracy to supporting immigrant families, deported veterans, working people, and everyone who has served.
 
Thank you to the Vets Forward members who showed up, asked questions, helped build the room, and continue to lead from the front. Veterans are not sitting on the sidelines. They are organizing, building power, and fighting for the communities we swore to protect.

LAist: The Original Pantry Cafe is reopening under a new partnership with a homeless nonprofit

“Kurt Petersen, the co-president of UNITE HERE Local 11, the union representing the restaurant’s workers, told LAist they’ve come to an agreement with Hope the Mission so that all the staff who lost their jobs when The Pantry closed will be able to return to their previous positions.”

From Food Bank to Table: Recipes from the HTA Kitchen

Our partners at the Hospitality Training Academy have launched a new video series where HTA chefs demonstrate creative, easy-to-follow recipes using shelf-stable items, canned goods, fresh produce, and other ingredients commonly found at food banks or pantries.

Click here to watch HTA From Food Bank to Table videos below to learn how HTA chefs turn everyday ingredients into delicious, affordable meals for you and your family.

Thanksgiving Food Box Assembly

We volunteered with the LA Federation of Labor to help assemble food boxes that were distributed to hundreds of union families ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

 

Remembering Kent Wong

 

Last month we lost a long time leader in the labor movement, Kent Wong. We had the incredible honor to stand alongside other labor leaders to be apart of his remembrance ceremony and the unveiling of ‘Kent Wong Square’

Stop Firing Vets!

We were proud to join veterans, families, and allies gathered and traveled together to Tucson, Sierra Vista, and Phoenix Arizona to advocate for veterans as cuts are being made to the VA and essential services they rely on. Federal layoffs have hit veterans especially hard, threatening livelihoods, stability, and the dignity of service. We’re calling for policies that protect working people, not punish them.

LA FIRES: LAURA BLOOM

Meet Laura Bloom. She’s a server at the Greek Theater who lost her home with everything in it to the Eaton Canyon fire. Laura loves Altadena and she loves her community there. But now it’s all been destroyed. She wants to rebuild and hopes her neighbors will rebuild too. Donate to the Local 11 Hardship Fund to help Laura and others get back on their feet. #AltadenaStrong

LA FIRES: MARIA MARTINEZ

Maria is a single mom that lives with her four children and her parents. She lost their home at in the Eaton Fire. Though things are looking dark now, she knows there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.

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