(Honolulu Star-Advertiser) – By David Segal. More than 300 Kaiser Permanente Hawaii union employees are planning to walk off the job Thursday at clinics on Oahu to protest several initiatives being implemented by the state’s largest health maintenance organization.
(Hawaii Public Radio) – The Conversation with Beth-Ann Kozlovich. Eric Gill is Financial Secretary-Treasurer of UNITE HERE! Local 5. Local 5 represents approximately 10,000 workers throughout Hawaii who work in the hospitality, health care and food service industries and is an affiliate of UNITE HERE, an international union that represents over 250,000 workers throughout the […]
Dear Kaiser Permanente Patients, We are your hospital aides. We are your nurses. We are your lab technicians. We assist you at the front desk. We administer your lab tests. We give you the medicines and care you need to feel your best. We are very proud of the work we do. We want to […]
Last week was full of victories for Local 5 workers. On October 16, Waikiki Beach Marriott workers voted to approve a 5-year contract with a 129-115 vote. Their new contract guarantees increased wages for tipped and nontipped workers, improved successorship and subcontracting language, the ability to decide how much of their money will go toward […]
Kaiser proposes to keep current employees’ pension plan as is. Beginning January 2015, new employees will have a 403(b) plan instead. Eliminating pensions hurts working families & our community. You get to keep your pensions now. But what will happen during contract negotiations 3 years, 5 years, or 10 years from now? Do you think […]
(Honolulu Star-Advertiser) – Employees at The Modern Honolulu, which has seen two management changes in the two years it has been open, have approved their first union contract.