Nia Winston is the General Vice President of the international hospitality workers’ union, UNITE HERE, and the President of the Michigan and Ohio chapter, UNITE HERE Local 24. She is also a member of the union’s Black Leadership Steering Committee. In addition to her roles with UNITE HERE, Winston serves on the Joint Employer Procurement Advisory Board for the City of Detroit, the subcommittee for the Mayor’s Workforce Development Committee for the City of Detroit, and the Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau Board. In February of 2018, she was awarded Labor Leader of the Year from the Michigan African American Institute.