<Tr> <Th> Office location </Th> <Td> Washington, DC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> Canada, United States </Td> </Tr> <P> The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) was a United States labor union representing workers of the hospitality industry, formed in 1891 . In 2004, HERE merged with the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) to form UNITE HERE . HERE notably organized the staff of Yale University in 1984 . Other major employers that contracted with this union included several large casinos (Harrah's, Caesars Palace, and Wynn Resorts); hotels (Hilton, Hyatt and Starwood), and Walt Disney World . HERE was affiliated with the AFL - CIO . </P> <P> Female membership in HERE grew from 2,000 in 1908 to 181,000 in 1950 . The rise in women membership reflected the feminization of the hotel and restaurant industry and the increase in the performance of waiting work by women . Women's presence in leadership positions of HERE also increased . Waitress activists sat on the General Executive Board (GEB) from 1909 on and participated in various conventions, though as a minority status . Participation was highest in the 1920s . Though female participation in HERE dipped in the 1930s and 1940s, it was still disproportionately higher than in other unions . </P>

Hotel and restaurant employees and bartenders international union