FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday, October 28, 2024
MEDIA CONTACT:
Bethany Khan: bkhan@culinaryunion226.org ▪ (702) 387-7088
As Early Vote in Nevada enters final week, Culinary Union drives Nevada’s strongest political program with statewide “Trump is for Trump” billboard campaign and 900,000+ door-knocking canvassing program -
Las Vegas, NV – As Nevada enters the final week of Early Voting, the Culinary Union continues to run a statewide “Trump is for Trump” digital billboard campaign in Las Vegas and Reno reinforcing the message that Donald Trump’s policies benefit himself rather than Nevada’s working families. Culinary Union also maintains a static A-FRAME version of the creative on its property off of Main Street and Wyoming Avenue. The billboard campaign, launched October 7, is a part of the Culinary Union’s powerful political program, mobilizing 600 Culinary Union political organizers to knock on over 900,000 doors and talk to more than 130,000 voters by the end of Election Day. BROLL of Culinary Union canvassers in the field.
“The path to victory and the White House runs right through Nevada and Culinary Union members, who need strong political leaders who will confront corporate greed and lower rent, gas, and grocery prices. Unlike Republicans, who side with Wall Street landlords and the super-rich, Kamala Harris stands with hospitality workers. She will cap rent increases at 5%, fund affordable housing, provide $25,000 in down-payment assistance, eliminate the sub-minimum wage, end taxes on tips, raise the minimum wage, and unite workers,” said Ted Pappageorge, Secretary-Treasurer for the Culinary Union. “Kamala Harris has consistently championed Culinary Union members and has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to tackle issues that are important to guest room attendants who clean hotel rooms, cooks who make gourmet food, and the tip-earning servers who deliver cocktails and unparalleled hospitality. As the largest organization of working women in Nevada, the opportunity to elect the first woman president of the USA is both energizing and historic and we are ready to make history together, and so the Culinary Union will deliver Nevada for President Kamala Harris and Vice-President Tim Walz.”
The statewide “Trump is for Trump” digital billboards are prominently placed in 15 Southern Nevada and 8 Northern Nevada high-traffic areas to reach both local commuters and visitors:
Southern Nevada:
*Highway 95 West of Main, north side facing west
*Interstate 15, 0.50 miles north of Saint Rose Parkway, east side facing north, facing north
*Interstate 15, 0.70 miles north of Saint Rose Parkway, east side facing south, facing south
*Paradise Road north of Harmon Avenue, east side facing south
*Swenson Street north of Naples Avenue, east side facing south
*Flamingo Road west of Interstate 15, south side facing west
*East lane of Interstate 15, south of Charleston Boulevard, facing south
*East lane of Interstate 15, south of Charleston Boulevard, facing north
*Interstate 515, 0.70 miles north of Russell Road, east side facing west
*Interstate 15, south of Wigwam Avenue, east side facing north
*Interstate 15, south of Tropicana Avenue, west side facing south
*Paradise Road north of Harmon Avenue, east side facing north
*Interstate 15, 0.25 miles south of Craig Road, west side facing south
*South Las Vegas Boulevard, north of Saint Rose Parkway, west side, possibly facing south, facing south
*South Las Vegas Boulevard, west side, north of Jonathon Street, facing north, facing north
Northern Nevada:
*Westbound Highway 95, 1.20 miles north of Fallon, facing north
*Northbound Interstate 80, 1.70 miles west of Mile Marker 28, facing east
*Northbound Interstate 80, 0.50 miles east of Lockwood, at Mile Marker, facing east
*Eastbound Highway 395, 1.00 mile south of Mount Rose Junction (Towne Drive), facing north
*Eastbound Highway 395, 10.00 miles south of Gardnerville, facing south
*Northbound Highway 17/50, 8.00 miles east of Carson City, facing east
*Interstate 580, 55.00 feet north of Second Street, east side facing north
*Interstate 580, 55.00 feet north of Second Street, east side facing south
Culinary Union previously released its 2024 General Endorsement Guide and is proud to run the largest statewide political program to elect Kamala Harris as President and Tim Walz as Vice-President, and re-elect Senator Jacky Rosen and Congressional representatives Dina Titus, Steven Horsford, and Susie Lee.
In early October, the Culinary Union released a new 30-second and 15-second video, “Kamala Harris fights for us” on social media. The new digital ad highlights that Kamala Harris is fighting to protect our American dream from corporations that are price gouging working families on food, gas, and housing.
🎥 WATCH “Kamala Harris fights for us” ad on: Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter.
As the Culinary Union celebrates it’s 89th anniversary on November 1, 2024, Nevada’s largest union is mobilizing hundreds of thousands of hospitality workers and immigrant voters during the 2024 General to elect political leaders who will continue to fight for Nevadans. Political canvassers reflect the Culinary Union’s diverse membership, which is majority women and Black, Latino, Asian American, and people of color, and who are committed to organizing and winning economic and racial justice. Culinary Union has worked for nearly nine decades to build worker power and strength as the largest organization of workers in Nevada. Each political effort draws from the Culinary Union’s 89 years of rich knowledge of effective and precise voter contact, which is rooted in the principle of working people talking to each other about the importance of building collective power through voting.
The Culinary Union is the largest affiliate of UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers union. UNITE HERE runs the largest labor-led independent canvassing program in the country, with 1,800 canvassers aiming to knock over 3.5 million doors across key battleground states including Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Arizona.
The Culinary Union is running the largest statewide political program in Nevada. Hospitality workers, who have taken a leave-of-absence from their casino jobs to get out the vote, are available for interviews in English or Spanish. There are also limited shadowing opportunities available for reporters who are interested in spending an hour in the field with canvassers. To attend any of the GOTV launch events through Tuesday, November 5, shadow a canvass team, or to schedule interviews with workers or Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge, contact Bethany Khan.
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ABOUT CULINARY UNION:
Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165, Nevada affiliates of UNITE HERE, represent 60,000 workers in Las Vegas and Reno, including at most of the casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and in Downtown Las Vegas. UNITE HERE represents 300,000 workers in gaming, hotel, and food service industries in North America.
The Culinary Union, through the Culinary Health Fund, is one of the largest healthcare consumers in the state. The Culinary Health Fund is sponsored by the Culinary Union and Las Vegas-area employers. It provides health insurance coverage for over 145,000 Nevadans, the Culinary Union’s members, and their dependents.
The Culinary Union is Nevada’s largest Latinx/Black/AAPI/immigrant organization with members who come from 178 countries and speak over 40 different languages. We are proud to have helped over 18,000 immigrants become American citizens and new voters since 2001 through our affiliate, The Citizenship Project.
The Culinary Union has a diverse membership which is 55% women and 60% immigrants. The demographics of Culinary Union members are approximately: 54% Latinx, 18% white, 15% Asian, 12% Black, and less than 1% Indigenous Peoples.
Culinary Union members work as: Guest room attendants, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks, bartenders, laundry, and kitchen workers. The Culinary Union has been fighting and winning for working families in Nevada for 89 years.
CulinaryUnion226.org / @Culinary226
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