Unite Here

Parent Organization: Unite Here
Child Organization: Unite Here

UNITE HERE is a labor union in the United States and Canada with more than 265,000 active members The union's members work predominantly in the hotel, food service, laundry, warehouse, and casino gaming industries. The union was formed in 2004 by the merger of UNITE (formerly the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees) and HERE (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union).

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Campaign Finance

Information

Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

Latest FEC Data

covers through committee's September 30, 2012 filing.
Download all contributions to Unite Here

  • Summary

    overview of the committee's finances
    Total Raised:
    $1,370,694
    Total Spent:
    $2,368,283
    Cash on Hand:
    $355,441
    Debts:
    $0

  • Top Contributors

    top donors giving over $100,000

Standardized Donation Information

covers roughly through Q4 2012. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.

  • Top Recipients

    Employee Color Block
    Individuals
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    PAC
    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.

  • Republicans vs. Democrats

    in dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.

  • State vs. Federal

    in dollars

  • Top PAC Recipients

    Employee Color Block
    Individuals
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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for Unite Here Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Lobbying

$316,000 Spent
Information

Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers roughly through Q3, 2012

Lobbying on Behalf of Unite Here

  • Names of Lobbyists
  • Firm Hired Amount
    UNITE HERE $119,000
    UNITE HERE $119,000
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
    • Immigration,
    • Labor, Antitrust & Workplace,
    • Taxes,
    • Defense,
    • Indian/Native American Affairs,
    • Gaming, Gambling & Casinos,
    • Finance,
    • Health Issues,
    • Transportation
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
    Bill No. Title
    H2 Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act
    H.R.7 Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2012
    H.R.1174 Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act
    H.R.1234 To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.
    H.R.1291 To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes.
    H.R.1842 Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011
    H.R.2335 Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2011
    H.R.2366 Internet Gambling Prohibition, Poker Consumer Protection, and Strengthening UIGEA Act of 2011
    H.R.2885 Legal Workforce Act
    H.R.5856 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013
View all lobbying data for Unite Here Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

Mentioned in 33 dockets; Submitted to 1 docket
Information

All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated daily from Regulations.gov by way of Docket Wrench

The tables show occurrences of "Unite Here" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.