Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Bethany Khan

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Bethany Khan

For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today’s profile is Bethany Khan of UNITE HERE’s Culinary Union.

Bethany Khan is the spokeswoman and director of communications and digital strategy for the Culinary Union, UNITE HERE Local 226. She uses strategic communications, technology, data and digital strategy to support working families in Nevada. Since 2012, Khan’s communications and digital strategy work has played a major role in the Culinary Union’s organizing, legislative, policy and electoral campaigns. In 2024, the Culinary Union, under Khan’s leadership, had $70 million in earned media, uplifting directly impacted and front-line essential hospitality workers’ voices.

Kenneth Quinnell
Tue, 05/13/2025 – 10:16