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ALT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4th, 2026 Media Contact: Benjy Cannon, bcannon@unitehere.org, 202-714-1567 STATEMENT: Voters delivered massive change in the midterms. Only organizing can make it stick. We won in an extraordinary sweep because our movement persuaded working-class Americans to turn their outrage into votes. Building on that must start today.
ALT Following the 2026 midterm elections, UNITE HERE President Gwen Mills released the following statement: This is a generational win, and if we want it to persist, workers need to organize on a whole different scale. This victory seemed impossible just a few months ago. People were outraged, yes. But we heard on the doors constantly that voters thought the system was broken. It took millions of organizing conversations on the doors, between friends and family and co-workers, to translate that anger and cynicism into an electoral earthquake. We are proud to have played a part in that effort, together with so many allies in the labor movement and beyond.
ALT But unless we want the working-class vote to keep swinging back and forth each cycle, we have to grow unions everywhere. Work is the last place in the country where people who are different from each other still interact every day. Union workplaces are some of the only places where people who are different from each other stand together for what they need. That’s what we saw play out on a massive scale last night, as a completely new coalition rejected nightmarish economic conditions and immigration policy. But this new formation needs something to fight for. This diverse coalition—with the working-class in its driver’s seat— will only hold together if we organize it.
ALT UNITE HERE members knocked over 1.6 million doors in 2026 across Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
ALT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 3, 2026 CONTACT – Benjamin Zinevich, 202-893-4979, bzinevich@unitehere.org "Worker issues are driving this election”: Hospitality Workers Union UNITE HERE knocked more than 280,000 doors in 2026 UNITE HERE canvassers have translated voter concerns about unaffordable gas and groceries into a message about the stakes of this election: we can’t afford to stay home.
ALT By the time North Carolinians arrive at the polls today, UNITE HERE members will have knocked more than 280,000 doors in 2026 across North Carolina. On the doors, voters have repeatedly raised serious concerns about affordability and cost-of-living concerns. Since August, UNITE HERE’s canvassing have focused on electing former Governor Roy Cooper to the U.S. Senate, re-electing Justice Anita Earls to the North Carolina Supreme Court, and voting against the three proposed amendments to the North Carolina Constitution. In October, UNITE HERE expanded its operation to Cabarrus County, knocking on doors for Chris Bishopp and April Cook, candidates for NC House District 82 and NC Senate District 34 respectively. UNITE HERE is the politically influential hospitality union that represents more than 2,000 workers at Charlotte Douglass International Airport.
ALT "It's the same story at almost every door. Rent, groceries, gas, and healthcare cost more every year, and paychecks aren't keeping up," said Jeanette McClure, a chef with HMS Host at Charlotte Airport and a member of UNITE HERE Local 23. "When I tell them I'm a worker who's voting for people who will fight for us, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Through our door knocking we have made clear that worker issues are driving this election." UNITE HERE members live in communities where turnout has historically been low in Mecklenburg County and experience the cost-of-living crisis firsthand. Canvassers say this experience is what makes our conversations so compelling.
ALT “I’m not a politician, and I’m struggling with the same bills the voters we’re talking to are,” said Maria Hernandez, a Charlotte Airport worker and member of UNITE HERE Local 23. “That’s why folks listen.” UNITE HERE has built a record that includes knocking on over 49,000 doors in this year’s March primary, electing Rev. Dr. Rodney Sadler, Veleria Levy, and reelecting Rodney Pierce. The union came on the scene in a large way in North Carolina by knocking on 130,000 doors in 2024, when it played a lead role electing Governor Stein, Justice Allison Riggs, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Green. ### UNITE HERE Local 23 represents 30,000 hospitality workers from universities and museums to airport concessions, casinos, hotels, and parking attendants – including contracted food service workers at Google and Meta. Local 23 members are active in Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, DC, Boise, Indiana, Colorado, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and
