FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Tuesday, November 3, 2020 Contact: MJ Leira, 917-565-7697, [email protected] Union members, many unemployed due to COVID-19, form largest door-to-door canvass operation in battleground state of Florida. FLORIDA—Over 300 hotel housekeepers, dishwashers, cooks, and casino attendants knocked on over 450,000 doors statewide closing this Election Day, doing their part to win the election […]
/wp-content/uploads/Local355b.png00mleira/wp-content/uploads/Local355b.pngmleira2020-11-04 14:20:222020-11-04 14:31:53UNITE HERE hospitality workers close Election Day having knocked on over 450,000 doors in Florida
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Monday, October 26, 2020 Contact: MJ Leira, [email protected], (917) 565-7697 FLORIDA—In the past weeks, UNITE HERE Florida has grown in efforts to mobilize voters in South and Central Florida with over 1,000 laid off hospitality workers now committed to get out the vote for Joe Biden. In 2016, Donald Trump won Florida by […]
/wp-content/uploads/Local355b.png00mleira/wp-content/uploads/Local355b.pngmleira2020-10-26 00:59:162020-10-28 01:00:05UNITE HERE Florida, States Largest Canvassing Organization, Gains Momentum in Final Stretch of 2020 Elections
Unions host multi-city press conference, PPE distribution caravan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Tuesday, October 6, 2020 Contact: MJ Leira, [email protected] FLORIDA—UNITE HERE Florida kicked-off its effort to mobilize voters in South and Central Florida with a multi-city virtual press conference followed by PPE distribution caravans in both Central and South Florida. At the caravans, canvassers received […]
/wp-content/uploads/Local355b.png00mleira/wp-content/uploads/Local355b.pngmleira2020-10-06 21:50:312020-10-25 21:56:07UNITE HERE Florida political canvassing operations kick-off in Central and South Florida
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 Contact: MJ Leira, [email protected], (917) 565-7697 WHO: Wendi Walsh, UNITE HERE Florida Political Director and Secretary-Treasurer of UNITE HERE Local 355 Jeremy Haicken, UNITE HERE Local 737 President 200 UNITE HERE Florida political canvassers. WHEN: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 9am and 11am WHAT: UNITE HERE Florida virtual […]
/wp-content/uploads/Local355b.png00mleira/wp-content/uploads/Local355b.pngmleira2020-10-05 18:57:082020-10-05 21:04:59UNITE HERE Florida to kick-off political canvassing operations in Central and South Florida with multi-city press conference, PPE distribution caravan
Miami, FL— In March, almost all of the 33,000 hospitality workers represented by UNITE HERE Florida were laid off due to COVID-19. Most remain laid off five months later. Over these months, Florida’s hourly workers were largely abandoned by their elected leaders, left struggling to access unemployment benefits and health insurance, and fearing for their […]
/wp-content/uploads/Local355b.png00Local355/wp-content/uploads/Local355b.pngLocal3552020-08-20 20:20:072020-08-21 23:22:02Laid Off Hospitality Workers Got Out the Vote for Florida’s Primary Elections
Hotel Worker Dies From COVID-19 After Fontainebleau Cut His Health Insurance Coverage WHO: Hotel workers from the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, UNITE HERE Local 355 hospitality workers, family and friends of German Amaya. WHAT: Press conference at German Amaya’s wake ceremony WHERE: Maspons Funeral Home, 3500 SW 8th Street Miami FL 33135 WHEN: Saturday, August 8 […]
/wp-content/uploads/Local355b.png00mleira/wp-content/uploads/Local355b.pngmleira2020-08-08 16:03:062020-09-27 16:03:47Hotel Worker Dies From COVID-19 After Fontainebleau Cut His Health Insurance Coverage
UNITE HERE hospitality workers close Election Day having knocked on over 450,000 doors in Florida
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Tuesday, November 3, 2020 Contact: MJ Leira, 917-565-7697, [email protected] Union members, many unemployed due to COVID-19, form largest door-to-door canvass operation in battleground state of Florida. FLORIDA—Over 300 hotel housekeepers, dishwashers, cooks, and casino attendants knocked on over 450,000 doors statewide closing this Election Day, doing their part to win the election […]
UNITE HERE Florida, States Largest Canvassing Organization, Gains Momentum in Final Stretch of 2020 Elections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Monday, October 26, 2020 Contact: MJ Leira, [email protected], (917) 565-7697 FLORIDA—In the past weeks, UNITE HERE Florida has grown in efforts to mobilize voters in South and Central Florida with over 1,000 laid off hospitality workers now committed to get out the vote for Joe Biden. In 2016, Donald Trump won Florida by […]
UNITE HERE Florida political canvassing operations kick-off in Central and South Florida
Unions host multi-city press conference, PPE distribution caravan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Tuesday, October 6, 2020 Contact: MJ Leira, [email protected] FLORIDA—UNITE HERE Florida kicked-off its effort to mobilize voters in South and Central Florida with a multi-city virtual press conference followed by PPE distribution caravans in both Central and South Florida. At the caravans, canvassers received […]
UNITE HERE Florida to kick-off political canvassing operations in Central and South Florida with multi-city press conference, PPE distribution caravan
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 Contact: MJ Leira, [email protected], (917) 565-7697 WHO: Wendi Walsh, UNITE HERE Florida Political Director and Secretary-Treasurer of UNITE HERE Local 355 Jeremy Haicken, UNITE HERE Local 737 President 200 UNITE HERE Florida political canvassers. WHEN: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 9am and 11am WHAT: UNITE HERE Florida virtual […]
Laid Off Hospitality Workers Got Out the Vote for Florida’s Primary Elections
Miami, FL— In March, almost all of the 33,000 hospitality workers represented by UNITE HERE Florida were laid off due to COVID-19. Most remain laid off five months later. Over these months, Florida’s hourly workers were largely abandoned by their elected leaders, left struggling to access unemployment benefits and health insurance, and fearing for their […]
Hotel Worker Dies From COVID-19 After Fontainebleau Cut His Health Insurance Coverage
Hotel Worker Dies From COVID-19 After Fontainebleau Cut His Health Insurance Coverage WHO: Hotel workers from the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, UNITE HERE Local 355 hospitality workers, family and friends of German Amaya. WHAT: Press conference at German Amaya’s wake ceremony WHERE: Maspons Funeral Home, 3500 SW 8th Street Miami FL 33135 WHEN: Saturday, August 8 […]