UNITE HERE Local 11
UNITE HERE Local 11 represents over 32,000 workers employed in hotels, restaurants, airports, sports arenas, and convention centers throughout Southern California and Arizona. Members of UNITE HERE Local 11 join together to fight for improved living standards and working conditions.
Local 11 is an affiliate of UNITE HERE, an international labor union that represents 270,000 working people across North America. Our members in the U.S. and Canada work in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation, and airport industries.
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Grand Opening of the UNITE HERE Local 11 Health and Dental Center
UNITE HERE Local 11—in Partnership with MLK Community Healthcare—opened a 15,000 square foot State of the Art Medical and Dental Center for Hospitality Workers. This clinic sets a national standard for hospitality worker care—and it is all because of our commitment to fighting and growing our union throughout the region.
Union members , employers, and union leadership where joined by Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez who celebrated the opening of this one-of-a-kind dental and medical center. And plenty of members of the press were at hand to report on this monumental achievement. Sí se pudo!
Grand Opening of Local 11’s UNITE HERE Health and Dental Center
You are invited to the Grand Opening Celebration of our UNITE HERE Health and Dental Center, at 9 am on August 19, 2026.
Our union has fought hard for many years to build the best, most cost-effective health and dental care for service workers in the country.
We hope you can make it. All of us deserve to celebrate this achievement.
US CITIZENSHIP FAIR WITH YOUR LOCAL 11 LEGAL FUND—SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT BEFORE JULY 31: (213) 785-6999
August 27, 2026
LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE
Hosted by Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai, LLP
For UNITE HERE Local 11 Legal Fund members only
Work with an immigration attorney at no cost! You only pay 20% of the filing fee—$152. The Legal Fund covers the rest!
To get started, you’ll need to be Legal Fund eligible and provide the following:
Call (213) 785-6999 before July 31, 2026 to schedule an appointment
Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai, LLP
250 E. 1st Street, Suite 1201, Los Angeles, CA 90012
[email protected]
www.hsrlegalfund.com
Congratulations to the newly elected leadership of Local 11
Congratulations to all elected leaders of Local 11 who where sworn in to serve for the next three years.
CO-PRESIDENTS
Ada Briceño
Kurt Petersen
Susan Minato
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENTS
Karine Mansoorian (UNITE HERE Local 11)
Martha Santamaria (UNITE HERE Local 11)
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Armando Garcia (Bonaventure)
Beatriz Topete (UNITE HERE Local 11)
Jose Luis Acosta (Westdrift)
Marlene J. Mendoza (HMS Host LAX)
Thomas Fleming (Costa Mesa Hilton)
RECORDING SECRETARY
Liliana Hernandez (Fairmont Miramar/UNITE HERE Local 11)
CHAPLAIN
Graciela Gomez (The Hotel June)
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Barbara Michelle Standley (Anaheim Hilton/UNITE HERE Local 11)
Brittany Williams (The Shay Hotel/UNITE HERE Local 11)
Debra Lewis (LAX/HMS Host)
Florinda Santiago (The Hotel June)
Gary Duplessis (LAX/Flying Food Group)
Isabel Brentner (Hyatt Regency Long Beach)
Jose Cano (Universal Studios Hollywood)
Maria del Carmen Meza (UNITE HERE Local 11)
Maria Buenrostro ( LA Convention Center/UNITE HERE Local 11)
Martha Esquivel (Holiday Inn LAX)
Mercedes Flores (Sheraton Grand)
Nathan Delgadillo (Disneyland Hotel/UNITE HERE Local 11)
Saturnino Beltran (Disney Central Bakery)
Scott Matos-Elliott (HMS Host PHX)
Yolanda Hernandez (Tempe Mission Palms)
CHAIR OF TRUSTEES
Alice Stanford (J.W. Marriott)
TRUSTEES
Benigno Vargas Aviña (Pomona College)
Jose Calderon (The Line LA)
WE MAKE THE WORLD CUP HAPPEN
Stronger with Local 11 Health Fund!
As healthcare subsidies are expected to end this month, now more than ever it is important that we have the Unite Here Health Fund. For years we have fought to expand coverage in our contracts, and we will continue to fight for more. One of the amazing new benefits available to members is the Dental Center!
Get to know the Fund’s newest dental provider!
The UNITE HERE Local 11 Health Benefit Fund (formerly Santa Monica UNITE HERE Health Benefit Fund) has opened of our own Dental Office — just for Local 11 members and their eligible family members.
The new Dental Office at the UNITE HERE Health Center opened on July 28 and has already begun taking patients! Beginning August 1, 2025, it is also the primary dental facility for former Delta Dental PPO members who live 20 miles or closer to the new Health Center.
Affordable care you can trust
This private dental office is managed by the Fund in partnership with DYNTL. As a member, you can trust the advice of DYNTL’s dentists and specialists, who will provide the oral care and treatment you need, without “upselling” unnecessary and costly procedures.
Quality dentistry provided by DYNTL
Convenient Location
1122 W. Washington Blvd, Ste 315 Los Angeles, CA, 90015
Make an appointment today!
Phone: 310-894-8095
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.dyntl.com/local11
The Dental Office is a part of the new UNITE HERE Health Center, operated by the UNITE HERE Health Benefit Fund in partnership with DYNTL and MLK Community Health Care.
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.
LOCAL 11 MEMBERS HAVE A LEGAL FUND!
Local 11 members can receive free legal assistance! Through the fund, eligible workers and their dependents will receive legal assistance with specified matters in several areas, including:
Make an appointment today!
Phone: (213) 785-6999
Website: hsrlegalfund.com
NEW DENTAL OFFICE IS NOW OPEN!
The UNITE HERE Local 11 Health Benefit Fund (formerly Santa Monica UNITE HERE Health Benefit Fund) is proud to announce the opening of our own Dental Office — just for Local 11 members and their eligible family members.
The new Dental Office at the UNITE HERE Health Center opened on July 28 and has already begun taking patients! Beginning August 1, 2025, it is also the primary dental facility for former Delta Dental PPO members who live 20 miles or closer to the new Health Center.
Affordable care you can trust
This private dental office is managed by the Fund in partnership with DYNTL. As a member, you can trust the advice of DYNTL’s dentists and specialists, who will provide the oral care and treatment you need, without “upselling” unnecessary and costly procedures.
Quality dentistry provided by DYNTL
Convenient Location
1122 W. Washington Blvd, Ste 315 Los Angeles, CA, 90015
Make an appointment today!
Phone: 310-894-8095
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.dyntl.com/local11
The Dental Office is a part of the new UNITE HERE Health Center, operated by the UNITE HERE Health Benefit Fund in partnership with DYNTL and MLK Community Health Care.
Improvements to the UNITE HERE Local 11 Health Benefit Fund
Beginning August 1, 2025, the Fund will be making some big changes to how we serve our participants. We’ve been working over the last year to improve fund administration including the following:
UNITE HERE Local 11 Health Benefit Fund
1122 W. Washington Blvd, Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Phone: 866-345-5189 | Email: [email protected]
These updates aim to modernize services and make it easier for participants to access and manage their benefits.
UNITE HERE Local 11 Members Care for Fire Evacuees in Southern California
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