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Unite Here

Labor union PAC FEC C00004861

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$330K
Union lobbying, all issues $280K

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the union’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the union’s members; the union itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

Unite Here reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Civil Rights/Civil Liberties8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues8 of 88/8
  • Immigration8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Pharmacy8 of 88/8
Retirement 8 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · 7 more · Show all 14
  • Retirement8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Agriculture2 of 82/8
  • Banking2 of 82/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities1 of 81/8
  • Gaming/Gambling/Casino1 of 81/8
  • Small Business1 of 81/8
  • Travel/Tourism1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 1 bill, this period

From the filings

“CLARITY Act (H.R.3633)”
Q3 2026 filing · Banking
“Medicaid, No Surprises Act, insurance billing”
Q3 2026 filing · Health Issues

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • LaborDOL
  • TransportationDOT
  • White House Office
  • General Services AdministrationGSA
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • InteriorDOI
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Pension Benefit Guaranty CorporationPBGC
  • Securities & Exchange CommissionSEC
  • Small Business AdministrationSBA
  • 2 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Unite Here, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 36 sitting members of Congress and 24 other candidates in 2025–26.

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