I took home two future voters stickers to my girls, to explain how important it is to vote for the right person.'
“I felt really proud to be able to vote during those two hours. Without the two hours PTO to vote, I don’t know how I would have done it,” says Tenzin, a mother of two living in Queens. “By the time I get home from work, put dinner on the table, and help my daughters with their homework, it’s 9PM.
Tenzin Youdon, a Housekeeping delegate at the Pendry, is one of the members who voted during her shift on Election Day. Members could choose to take two hours off at the beginning, middle, or end of their shifts. In the week leading up to Election Day, members at the hotels and casinos with this new contract language signed up to take their paid voting time. In November’s midterm elections, several thousand HTC members took advantage of a new tool in a growing number of our union contracts: paid time off to vote.
