Hotel Workers' Union Gets First Woman President

The leading union for U.S. hotel workers has elected its first woman president ever, a big moment for a labor group that represents thousands of housekeepers across the country.caps a long career inside the union, from her early years as an organizer battling Yale University in Connecticut to a more recent stint running Unite Here’s political ground game against Donald Trump in the swing state of Nevada.

Mills has been running the union on an interim basis since her longtime predecessor, D. Taylor, stepped down at the end of March. She takes over during a challenging but hopeful time.Despite the strong economic recovery, Unite Here has not fully recouped its membership losses since the COVID-19 pandemic prompted hotels and airlines to lay off workers and change the way they operate.

“This is the moment to drive at that,” she said. “The labor movement of late has been really fiery. Workers are doing all sorts of things, which is a great moment to be in.”at hotels in Southern California since last year, pressuring hotel operators into offering bigger raises and stronger safety protections. Under the new contracts, workers will see their wages climb $10 per hour over the next four years.

“A lot of the fight is about the workload issues, the cutting of services, and just what the hospitality industry is going to be,” Mills said. “The industry is combining jobs and cutting services.”“The airline industry seized on that to really transform the quality of those jobs,” Mills said. “And I think we’re at a real pivotal moment with the hospitality industry about whether the crisis of COVID is going to shift things in that way, and this fight is important in that regard.

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