FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, March 11, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT:
Bethany Khan: bkhan@culinaryunion226.org ▪ (702) 387-7088
STATEMENT by Geoconda Argüello-Kline regarding hospitality workers being eligible to be vaccinated:
The Culinary Union has been working with Governor Steve Sisolak’s office and the Southern Nevada Health District for months to get essential frontline hospitality workers prioritized to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Culinary Union applauds Governor Sisolak for his efforts to include and prioritize allocation to hospitality workers, including Black and brown communities who have been disproportionately impacted by the effects of COVID-19.
Hospitality workers, are now eligible to get the vaccine in Nevada. That means Culinary Union members, Bartenders Union members, and Station Casino workers can now get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Hospitality workers are eligible to get the vaccine in Nevada: https://www.culinaryunion226.org/blog/hospitality-workers-you-are-now-eligible-to-get-the-vaccine-in-nevada
UPDATE ON CULINARY UNION MEMBERS:
126 Culinary and Bartenders Union members and/or their immediate family members have died from COVID-19, with 1,233 hospitalized due to the virus since March 1, 2020.
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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 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 45% 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 for working families in Nevada for 86 years.
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