UNITE HERE! Local 17

UNITE HERE Local 17 is the hospitality union representing 5,000 workers in Hotels, restaurants, bars, food service, sports arenas, convention centers, airports, and airline catering in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Bloomington, Minnesota.

 Approximately 70% of Local 17’s members are immigrants and the majority of members are women. The members of Local 17 speak more than 17 languages and dialects. Local 17 is an affiliate of UNITEHERE! INTERNATIONAL and the AFL-CIO.

Through organizing & contract negotiations Local 17 members have raised the standards of wages, benefits, and working conditions in the hospitality industry and helped turn traditionally low-wage jobs into good, family-sustaining jobs.