UNITE HERE Local 1
218 S Wabash Ave, 7th Floor
Chicago, IL 60604

Open Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm

To contact UNITE HERE Local 1 call (312) 663-4373. Listen to the prompts and dial the division extension. We have staff dedicated to calling you back and answering your questions. Every member will receive a call back.

Airports – Extension 299  

Food Service/CPS – Extension 327

Hotels – Extension 324  

Casinos – Extension 331  

Grievances – Extension 265  

General Inquiries – Extension 276  

  1. How to Plug In to receive texts from the union: Leave a message on any division extension simply saying, “I want to be plugged in” and we will call you back on the number you left and get you plugged in! 
  1. Banquet checks – Call extension General Inquiries 276: a staff person will call you back and confirm your address and have you send a picture of your photo ID. After staff person confirms address and receives photo verification, they will mailout your check.
  1. Grievance checks – Call extension Grievances 265: a staff person will call you back and confirm your address and have you send a picture of your photo ID. After staff person confirms address and receives photo verification, they will mail your check.

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For the Media:

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Please direct all press inquiries to Elliott Mallen:

[email protected] / (312) 656-5807

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Press Releases:

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UNITE HERE Local 1 Calls on Chicago Hoteliers to Step Up for Hotel Workers

Press Release April 13, 2020 Contact:  Sarah Lyons, (312) 385-0603, [email protected] Elliott Mallen, (312) 656-5807, [email protected] UNITE HERE Local 1 Calls on Chicago Hoteliers to Step Up for Hotel Workers New report by Chicago’s hotel workers union estimates that lost earnings could cost Chicago neighborhoods $5 million every week   CHICAGO – UNITE HERE Local […]

Cambria Hotel Strikers Celebrate Choice Hotels’ Decision to Check Out of 16-Month Hotel Strike

Press Release Jan. 31, 2020 Contact:  Elliott Mallen, 312-656-5807, [email protected] Marcos Feldman, 312-206-3407, [email protected] Cambria Hotel Strikers Celebrate Choice Hotels’ Decision to Check Out of 16-Month Hotel Strike Strikers hold picket line ribbon-cutting ceremony as strike continues at the Hotel One Sixty-Six CHICAGO – Striking hotel workers at the Cambria Chicago Magnificent Mile are celebrating Choice […]

Workers tell Ohio Pension System: Your Hotel Strike Hurts Ohio Pension Investment

Press Release July 17, 2019 Contact:  Elliott Mallen, 312-656-5807, [email protected] Marcos Feldman, 312-206-3407, [email protected] Workers tell Ohio Pension System: Your Hotel Strike Hurts Ohio Pension Investment Strikers at hotel owned by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System to update pension fund on the financial impact of their boycott COLUMBUS, OH – Striking workers from the Cambria […]