Culinary Workers Union

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Culinary Workers Union or UNITE HERE local 226 is a private sector local union in Nevada, USA, affiliated with UNITE HERE, a national labor union. With 60,000 members, the Culinary Workers Union represents more members than any other union in Nevada. Members include a variety of occupations working in restaurants, bars, hotels and laundries, in the casinos in the Las Vegas metropolitan area and Reno, as well as McCarran International Airport and Valley Hospital Medical Center.[1]

In January 2008 the union endorsed presidential candidate Barack Obama.[2]

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  1. ^ Website of Culinary Workers Union Local 226
  2. ^ Obama gains key labor backing in Nevada, MSNBC/The Associated Press, January 9, 2008

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