Mon. 4/27 COVID-19 Daily Update

WATCH: FIRST FRIDAY EPISODE ON LABOR ORGANIZING—PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE May 1st is International Labor Day! Let’s start our labor victories celebration with this amazing discussion on labor organizing: past, present, and future. Watch this First Friday episode featuring Ilima Seto-Long from Academic Labor United, Kawehi Apo of Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), and our very […]

Sunday 4/26 COVID-19 Daily Update

COVID Cases Today World: Cases: 2.97M (+70k).  Deaths: 206k (+4k) USA: Cases: 965k (+27k).  Deaths: 54.8k (+1.1k).  Total Tested: 5.4M (+300k) Hawaii: Cases:  606 (+2).  Deaths: 14 (+0).  Hospitalized: 68 (+0). Recovered: 488 (+6)   If cities open up, Hawaii could place all arrivals in one quarantine location (KITV, April 26, 2020) If Hawaii continues to enforce a 14-day quarantine for […]

Sat. 4/25 COVID-19 Daily Update

DOUBLETREE HILTON ALANA WAIKIKI WORKERS RATIFY 1ST UNION CONTRACT Congratulations DoubleTree workers! They ratified their first union contract with a 100% YES vote. HARIETT CLASSES ARE NOW ONLINE Our training trust fund HARIETT has moved all their classes online! Earn a certificate, learn a new language or skill, improve yourself—all from the comfort of your […]

Fri. 4/24 COVID-19 Daily Update

WATCH THE RECORDING OF OUR FACEBOOK LIVE WITH JENNY JOHNSON Today, we hosted another Facebook Live to promote our Local 5 hardship fund. We featured Jenny Johnson from the Sheraton Waikiki. Watch Jenny bake cookies and promote our Hardship Fund!  NEWS HIGHLIGHTS State attorney general tells Hawaii Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 that 14-day visitor […]

Thu. 4/23 COVID-19 Daily Update

Tune in for another Facebook Live tomorrow @5pm with Jenny Johnson from Sheraton Waikiki. Watch Jenny bake cookies and promote our Local 5 Membership Hardship Fund! New Resource Added: Hardship assistance for Hotel & Travel Industry Federal Credit Union Members: https://www.htifcu.com/coronavirus-update/ NEWS HIGHLIGHTS COVID Cases Today World: Cases: 2.7M (+80k).  Deaths: 190k (+7k) USA: Cases: […]

Wed. 4/22: COVID-19 Daily Update

WATCH THE RECORDING OF OUR FACEBOOK TOWN HALL ON HEALTHCARE & PENSION Today, we hosted another Facebook Live Town Hall, which focused on our Local 5 healthcare and pension. We were joined by Carla Jacobs from Benefit & Risk Management Services (BRMS), Lani Meniano Rivera who works at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, and our Financial […]

Tues. 4/21 COVID-19 Daily Update

Join us for another Facebook Live informational session. We’ll be joined by Carla Jacobs from Benefit & Risk Management Services (BRMS), Lani Meniano, a member from Hilton Hawaiian Village, and our Financial Secretary-Treasurer Eric Gill. Our guests will discuss our healthcare & pension benefits and will answer your questions. See you tomorrow, Wed. at 5pm […]

Mon. 4/20: COVID-19 Daily Update

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Help is coming to ease Hawaii’s severe unemployment claim backlog  (HawaiiNewsNow, April 20, 2020) Up to 1,000 state workers are being asked to volunteer at a new facility set up in the Convention Center to process the 230k UI claims backlog. LIVE: Despite decline in new cases, Ige says he’s not ready to ease […]

Sun. 4/19: COVID-19 Daily Update

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Tourists using transient rentals to bypass Hawaii quarantine restrictions prove hard to track (Star Advertiser, April 19, 2020) Crackdowns on transient vacation rentals, which aren’t considered essential businesses right now, are difficult to enforce. It’s suspected that many of the 2,970 visitors who arrived in Hawaii over the past 23 days stayed in transient […]

Sat. 4/18: COVID-19 Daily Update

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Hawaii officials say some precautions likely to remain even after coronavirus wanes (Star Advertiser, April 18, 2020) The state will continue mitigation measures for the long term to prevent the spread of the virus that will still be circulating when the economy reopens, Health Director Bruce Anderson said. “Large group gatherings and so […]