UNITE HERE! Local 75

UNITE HERE Local 75 is a progressive labour union, fighting for dignity, living wages and the best benefits for low wage workers. UNITE HERE Local 75 represents over 7,000 workers in hotels, food service and gaming across the Greater Toronto Area. Through organizing, UNITE HERE members have made hundreds of thousands of traditionally low-wage jobs into good, family-sustaining, middle class jobs.

At UNITE HERE, we believe building the union is a racial justice project. All people of color, all working people do better when we are in unions. When Black, brown, Asian, and indigenous workers belong to unions, there is less racial inequality. There is less income inequality. There is greater opportunity for advancement and training. We believe that for all working people – one job should be enough—enough to pay the rent, go to the doctor and retire with dignity. We believe that creating more good union jobs and growing our movement is at the core of building strong families, strong communities, and bringing greater equality to our society.

UNITE HERE Local 75 is part of UNITE HERE, an international labour union with 300,000 workers in the hotel, textile, industrial laundry, gaming and food service industries throughout the United States and Canada.

UNITE HERE is proud to be a diverse union: we are mostly women and people of color, and hail from over 200 different countries. As a union, we are committed to helping working people of all backgrounds achieve greater social and economic equality through good jobs covered by union contracts. We also know that for many individuals to achieve true freedom and opportunity in their lives, our fight for justice and equity must go beyond the workplace.

UNITE HERE traces its history back over one hundred years in North America and boasts a diverse, majority female membership. UNITE (formerly the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees) and HERE (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union) merged on July 8, 2004 to form UNITE HERE.

UNITE HERE Local 75 (and its predecessor locals) have represented hospitality workers in Toronto and south-central Ontario since the 1890s.