Local 23 was founded in September 2009 to represent approximately 4,000 UNITE HERE airport workers in 10 cities across the country. Over the past few years workers have organized with Local 23, growing the membership to approximately 25,000 workers dedicated to improving their lives, their communities and their workplaces. From food service workers at universities and museums, to airport concessi
ons, hotel and parking attendants, Local 23 members are active in Georgia, Mississippi, Charlotte, Nashville, DC, Boise, Indiana, Denver, New Orleans, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Virginia. We are proud of the work we do and strive to make our jobs better jobs for our coworkers, our families and our communities. UNITE HERE is the union of workers in North America’s hotel, gaming, restaurant, food service, laundry, and textile industries. (formerly the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textiles Employees and HERE (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees), and represents more than 250,000 workers in the US and Canada. Learn more at www.unitehere.org.
