POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
UNITE HERE Local 11 members fight for policies that benefit working families and immigrants, and for politicians who stand with our values. UNITE HERE Local 11 and our allies not only knock on hundreds of thousands of voters’ doors in each presidential election, we also activate voters for key legislative and city races and state propositions across California and Arizona.
Local 11 members are the cooks and servers, dishwashers and room attendants, baristas and cashiers who take the time to look a voter in the eye and ask them what kind of world they want to live in. We bring the same energy and drive to every election that we do to winning life-changing improvements in our working lives, and that energy affects outcomes. During the global pandemic of 2020, Local 11 ran the largest single canvass in Arizona, winning the state for for Joe Biden and Senator Mark Kelly, and helped deliver victory in the runoff election for Georgia senators Jon Osoff and Rafael Warnock.
In 2024, UNITE HERE Local 11 and our allies at Worker Power knocked on 1.3 million voters’ doors and had more than 250,000 conversations with voters. Local 11 members look forward to making the difference in upcoming local elections through to the 2026 midterms, and to remaining on the forefront in the fight for American democracy in 2028.
IRIS ACOSTA
Iris Acosta is a housekeeper at the W WestBeverly Hills. She is knocking on doors in Arizona for Kamala Harris and to defeat Trump! Thank you, Iris.
DINA PAREDES
Meet Dina Paredes, a housekeeper from the Alsace Hotel who went on strike last year and is now knocking on doors in Phoenix, Arizona to win the presidency for Kamala Harris. Way to go, Dina!
ALVIANI DOMINGUEZ
Meet Alviany
a worker from the Hilton Conrad in LA, who is Arizona knocking doors to elect Kamala Harris, Ruben Gallego, and Betty Guardado to Phoenix City Council! He has been out in this triple digit heat for weeks talking to voters about why this election is too important to sit out! Alviany is originally from Venezuela, so he knows the importance of preserving and defending democracy.
CHRIS LILLIAN
Chris works at Universal Studios Hollywood. After fighting for and winning a new contract, Chris came to Arizona to knock on doors and get out the vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. When we fight, we win! Thank you, Chris!
LAURA BANUET
We are knocking on doors in Arizona making sure that the next president of the United States is Vice President Kamala Harris! Let’s go people, let’s get out the vote!
ANA DIAZ
WEHO TIMES: Mayor John Erickson and Commissioner Danny Hang Land Major Endorsements from Six Progressive Organizations
UNITE HERE Local 11 Endorses Kamala Harris for President
UNITE HERE, the union running the nation’s largest labor-led canvassing operation, proudly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President in the 2024 election. Harris has consistently shown her unwavering dedication to working people and the labor movement.
UNITE HERE Local 11 Joins UNITE HERE International Union in Endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for President
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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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STATEMENT: LA Forward, UNITE HERE Local 11, and Coalition Partners Congratulates Nithya Raman on Her Re-Election
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2024
LA Forward, UNITE HERE Local 11, and Coalition Partners Congratulates Nithya Raman on Her Re-Election
The “Neighbors Supporting Nithya Raman for City Council” and “Worker Power for Nithya Raman for City Council” Committees played a critical role in delivering victory.
Los Angeles, CA — “Neighbors Supporting Nithya Raman for City Council, sponsored by LA Forward” and “Worker Power for Nithya Raman for City Council, sponsored by UNITE HERE Local 11” congratulate Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman on her outright re-election victory. Earning more than 50% of the votes cast, Councilmember Raman exceeded the threshold needed to secure a second term on the LA City Council.
LA Forward and UNITE HERE Local 11 brought together a coalition of workers and renters advocates to support Councilmember Raman with two Independent Expenditure committees and to fight back against the real estate moguls and corporate landlords, who spent millions trying to defeat her. Coalition partners included UFCW Local 770, Teamsters 396, SEIU USWW, SEIU Local 2015, SEIU Local 721, Engineers & Architects Association, NUHW, California Working Families Party, Smart Justice California, and LA League of Conservation Voters.
“We did what we do best: hit the pavement and got out the vote, knocking on 27,600 doors and talking to over 4,600 voters,” said Maria Teresa Alvarez, member of UNITE HERE Local 11. “Whether risking arrest to support LAX area workers fighting for a living wage, or walking the strike line during the biggest hotel worker strike in modern U.S history, Councilmember Raman has always shown up and delivered for us and all working families.”
“As working families and tenants’ rights advocates, we came together to ensure that the voters knew about Councilmember Raman’s successful track record of delivering real results on homelessness, renters’ rights, climate change, and good government reforms. With the seven mailers we sent out, we are proud to have played a part in ensuring that she will be able to continue her bold leadership for progressive solutions on the City Council,” stated David Levitus, Executive Director of LA Forward.
“Corporate-funded Independent Expenditure committees spent over a million dollars to flood voters with negative ads distorting Raman’s record in an effort to unseat a champion for Los Angeles working families. We were heavily outspent, but our members’ tenacity helped put Nithya on the path to victory,” said Kurt Petersen, co-president UNITE HERE Local 11.
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LA Forward is a community organization fighting for policies that will make Los Angeles County a fair, flourishing place for everyone. LA Forward is member-driven 501(c)(4) nonprofit seeking to fulfill the promise of democracy and ensure Angelenos have the knowledge, skills, and relationships to advance justice across a wide range of issues — affordable housing, climate justice, a fair economy, good government, and more.
UNITE HERE Local 11 is a labor union representing more than 32,000 hospitality workers in Southern California and Arizona that work in hotels, restaurants, universities, convention centers and airports