UNITE HERE Philly Local 274 Joins UNITE HERE International Union in Endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for President

Monday, August 5, 2024

Contact: Bethany Holmes, [email protected]

UNITE HERE Philly Local 274, the union running Pennsylvania’s largest door-to-door canvassing operation, proudly endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for President in the 2024 election. She has consistently shown her commitment to working people by strengthening the labor movement and fighting to protect abortion, voting, and union rights. Since early July, over 150 canvassers from the hospitality, casino, airport food service, and stadium concessions sectors – overwhelmingly African American, immigrant and women – have been knocking on doors for Democrats. Canvassers are committed to knock on at least 1.25 million doors ahead of the November election.

UNITE HERE Philly canvassers have a proven track record of impacting past elections in Pennsylvania, acting as trusted messengers in Philly’s Black, Brown and low-income neighborhoods where other campaigns don’t go, where their members’ families live and work. In the 2022 Midterms, UNITE HERE Philly canvassers knocked on approximately one million doors for Josh Shapiro and John Fetterman, playing a pivotal role in those elections and talking to more voters than any other doorknocking effort in the commonwealth. They were the first to knock on doors in Philadelphia in 2020, identifying 64,000 Biden Harris voters – 34,000 of whom did not vote in 2016.

This year, they aim to surpass their previous efforts, focusing on crucial issues such as abortion rights, voting rights, democracy, union rights, and immigration. By mobilizing voters, they intend to counteract the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, combat voter suppression, thwart the rise of authoritarian tendencies and protect the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). “We Won’t Go Back” is the rallying cry of UNITE HERE Philadelphia members as they drive toward their vision of a multiracial, egalitarian, people-centered economy that works for all of us.