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Hospitality workers building an empowered working class. We believe that One Job Should Be Enough. President: @GwenMillsUH
Feb 5, 2021 6 tweets 4 min read
First, we took back our power—and our country—by winning in November.

Then, we went to Georgia—and took back the Senate.

Now, we are seeing the fruits of our labor (!) with the introduction of the #PROAct by a Congress that's more aligned with OUR interests.

#PassThePROAct Union contracts are vehicles for opportunity—tools we've used to create job training programs, wage equity across gender & race, & access to jobs for Black workers in particular.

The #PROAct will remove barriers to organizing & bargaining—esp important for marginalized workers.
Feb 4, 2021 8 tweets 4 min read
STATEMENT from UNITE HERE President @DTaylorUH on the re-introduction of the 'Worker Health Coverage Protection Act" by @SenatorDurbin & @SenCortezMasto.

“We need 100% emergency COBRA coverage now. 80% of our workers are out of work, out of health insurance, out of money.” “We are in a healthcare crisis yet millions are losing the one thing they need most right now: their health insurance. That is why I am pleased that @SenatorDurbin (D-IL) & @SenCortezMasto (D-NV) have once again introduced the ‘Worker Health Coverage Protection Act’ ..."
Jan 6, 2021 18 tweets 9 min read
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The Democrats’ “secret weapon” to help win the Senate:

UNITE HERE’s 1,000 union canvassers

A Thread 🧵⤵️ Hitting an astounding 1.5 million doors—laid-off hospitality workers joined the Georgia team that turned Georgia blue to help deliver come-from-behind wins in Georgia Senate races.
Jan 5, 2021 9 tweets 8 min read
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Hospitality Workers’ Union UNITE HERE: Unprecedented Direct Voter Contact Paves Way for Democrats to Do the Impossible, Win Georgia Senate Races

—UNITE HERE’s 1,000 union canvassers will hit 1.5 million doors to elect @ReverendWarnock & @ossoff. #gasen As voters across GA head to the polls, hospitality workers are pointing to convos on the doors directly with voters as the reason Dems @ReverendWarnock & @ossoff could be elected to the Senate, despite enormous obstacles to voting that have historically favored GOP candidates.
Jan 4, 2021 7 tweets 5 min read
📢 BREAKING: UNITE HERE Canvassers in Georgia have already knocked on ‼️ 1.1 million ‼️ doors for @ReverendWarnock & @ossoff to #TakeBackTheSenate! 📢 MEDIA ADVISORY for Monday, January 4, 2021

1,000 Laid-Off Hospitality Workers Fan Out Across the Atlanta Metro Area Knocking on Doors to #GOTV on Eve Before Election Day

—UNITE HERE Canvassers have already knocked on 1.1 million doors for @ReverendWarnock & @ossoff
Dec 8, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
MEDIA ADVISORY for TUES. DEC. 8

— UNITE HERE hospitality workers will be joined by Atlanta City Council members and allies to highlight campaign to knock on over one million doors to elect @ReverendWarnock and @Ossoff.

PRESS RSVP HERE: bit.ly/1209-ga Tomorrow's rally will be at the Gold Lot at Turner Field, and will be followed by a “walk with us” opportunity for press to follow canvassers and politicians on the doors speaking to voters.

This event will be staged safely, masks and 6-feet social distancing required.
Dec 7, 2020 11 tweets 5 min read
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Georgia Hospitality Workers’ Union to Hold Public Celebration of 500-Person Door-to-Door Canvass to Take Back the Senate, Win Urgently Needed COVID Relief

#TakeBack2020 #TakeBackTheSenate

🧵THREAD w/more info⤵️

[MEDIA RSVP: bit.ly/1209-ga] UNITE HERE hospitality workers will be joined by Atlanta City Council members and allies to highlight campaign to knock on over one million doors to elect @ReverendWarnock and @Ossoff
Nov 7, 2020 9 tweets 4 min read
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UNITE HERE, union that knocked on doors of 3 million voters — including 575,000 in Philadelphia — celebrates victory for @JoeBiden/@KamalaHarris

“The key takeaway from this election is that workers saved our democracy.”

#TakeBack2020 #VotersDecided UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers’ union, organized the country’s largest union-door-to-door canvassing operation, paving the way to a clear path to victory for Joe Biden.
Nov 5, 2020 9 tweets 4 min read
Why UNITE HERE is projecting victory for @JoeBiden in Nevada, Arizona, and Pennsylvania — By the numbers: Image ARIZONA

@UNITEHERE11 co-president Susan Minato: Image
Nov 5, 2020 8 tweets 4 min read
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UNITE HERE, union that knocked on doors of 3 million voters, projects victory for Joe Biden in NV, AZ, PA

— UNITE HERE organized the largest union door-to-door canvass operation in the U.S.

Watch nat'l press conference here: bit.ly/uhlive ImageImageImage NATIONWIDE — UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers’ union, organized the country’s largest union-door-to-door canvassing operation. Today, the union announced that those efforts in Nevada, Arizona, and Pennsylvania point to a clear path to victory for Joe Biden.
Jun 5, 2020 15 tweets 3 min read
STATEMENT from the Black Leadership Group of UNITE HERE International Union:

We are organizers.

We are elected officers.

We are workers.

We are community leaders and neighbors.

We are parents, children, siblings, and kin.

We are your Union family.

And we cannot breathe. In the last three months we have seen companies line up to abandon us.

We have seen them take away healthcare, guaranteeing that more people will fall ill.

We have seen politicians shrug their shoulders as people go hungry.
Mar 25, 2018 149 tweets 85 min read
We honor the memory of 146 victims lost in 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Many were young immigrant women, new to America, working to support their families. From the ashes rose a movement of change, led by women like them. This is their story. These are their names: #Triangle146 Lizzie Adler was 24 years old at the time of the fire. Born in Romania, she had lived in the U.S. for 3 ½ months. She was buried in Mt Richmond Cemetery on March 26, 1911. She was the daughter of Labil Adler and Rachel Jacobs. #Triangle146