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.
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 fight for her family and for all working immigrant women struggling to make ends meet.
Iris Acosta