Unite Here! Local 19

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Enrique Fernandez will he interviewed on Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor’s Mayor@Noon show about the situation of hospitality workers in the pandemic. Please watch the live stream today at 12pm! https://fb.me/e/1APyF7Kum

Here’s our member Abel going door to door to get out the vote in rainy Florida. We’re taking back 2020 rain or shine! Local 19 members are on the ground in Nevada, Arizona, and Florida! #TakeBack2020

Our members were out in force to Take Back San Jose at today’s SBLC lit drop! We’re supporting Jake Tonkel, David Cohen, and Dave Cortese because they are champions of working families. #TakeBack2020 #takebacksanjose

Local 19 Presente - Recuperarlo 2020! Que quieres recuperar?

Local 19 Presente - Take Back 2020! Why are you Taking Back 2020?

Nelson is a UNITE HERE member and the father of a fallen soldier. We stand with Nelson in taking back 2020!

Great to see Local 19 members and our Assemblymember Ash Kalra together in Phoenix and doing the work to #takeback2020 https://twitter.com/unitehere11/status/1314993461695672320

Filling out your ballot? See our union’s recommendations on on candidates and propositions on the SBLC endorsements page. https://www.southbaylabor.org/endorsements

Local 19 rallying for Biden/Harris in Oakhurst with the Mountain Democrats! We are proud that this week we have members working to elect candidates that support working families in everywhere from San Jose, to the mountains, to swing states. #takeback2020

STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR'S VETO OF AB3216 We don’t want to sugar coat this. The Governor’s veto of AB3216 is devastating to the housekeepers, cooks, dishwashers and servers who built the hospitality industry, especially women of color. The bill would simply have allowed hospitality workers to return to their jobs as the industry reopens. It is hard to imagine how to undo the economic damage this veto causes. The pain for immigrant workers is compounded by the Governor's addit...ional vetoes of AB 826 (emergency food assistance to immigrants), SB 1257 (workplace safety protections for domestic workers), SB1102 (protecting employment rights of immigrant farmworkers), and AB331 (high school ethnic studies). Our families and communities lose with the combined impact of these actions. Most concerning of all is the Governor’s failure to oppose Proposition 22, which would lock low-wage workers in insecure jobs with no rights to organize. Defeating Proposition 22 is the most important battle for labor rights waged in decades, and there would be no excuse for any Democrat to stand on the sidelines of it. We need an economic recovery that is centered on working people, not on the profits of big corporations. Our members cannot be window dressing for bailouts to the hospitality industry. We invite on all working people to join the struggle for a true economic recovery, which will be won in the streets. Our members are already on the ground walking door to door in Nevada, Arizona and Florida to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We must unite to defeat Proposition 22. When we’re done winning this election, we'll return to pushing our elected leaders to stand with the workers who fought so hard to elect them. Enrique Fernandez, President of the California State Council of UNITE HERE, on behalf of the California affiliates of UNITE HERE International Union. #AB3216

Local 19 is proud to have members taking part in our union’s campaign work in Nevada! https://www.kolotv.com//culinary-union-local-226-says-cha/

Vote no on Prop 22! Stand with gig workers!

New signs going up in Yosemite! Our members are committed to providing guests to the park with a safe experience. Please do your part for them and wear a mask when visiting the park. #ourmasksprotectsyouyourmaskprotectsus