Unite Here elects Gwen Mills as President
She is the first woman to lead the union in its 130-year history.
Hospitality workers union Unite Here has elected Gwen Mills to serve as its new President. The election took place during the recent Unite Here 2024 Constitutional Convention.
The union described this election as a milestone for the organization because Mills is the first woman to be appointed to this role in Unite Here’s 130-year history.
Unite Here represents close to 275,000 hospitality workers from both the US and Canada.
Mills took a moment to comment on stepping into her new role and shared her excitement to lead the union going forward.
She said, “I am deeply honored to lead Unite Here into a new era. Our union has shown incredible resilience and strength through the pandemic and has set new standards for jobs in our industries, proving that hospitality jobs can be good union jobs. We don’t shy away from taking on powerful corporate interests, and we don’t back down from a fight.
“Now is the time to do even more to support workers who want a union. Unite Here members enjoy a standard that millions of other hospitality workers in the U.S. and Canada don’t yet have – but we’re ready to take bold action to ensure that all industry workers get the respect, wages and working conditions they deserve.”
During the convention, Mills affirmed her commitment to “doubling the annual investment in union growth across hotels, casinos, institutional food service, and emerging hospitality industries.”
The union said it desires to provide a leadership platform for women and people of color, as well as empower nonunion service industry workers to unionize.
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