UNITE HERE Local 5 reached tentative agreement with Hilton, affecting 1,800 hotel workers

UNITEHERE! Local 5 For Immediate Release for July 9, 2021 Media Contact: Bryant de Venecia Cell Phone: (808) 546-0024 bdevenecia@5.unitehere.org UNITE HERE Local 5 reached tentative agreement with Hilton, affecting 1,800 hotel workers New two-year agreement includes improved wages and benefits, recall rights, reinstatement of daily room cleaning and other hotel services, and more. Click […]

Kaiser members: LPN Apprenticeship Opportunity!

Kaiser members! Are you looking to become a Licensed Practical Nurse? If so, BSH, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, Ben Hudnell Memorial Trust Fund, and Local 5, are looking for applicants for our free LPN training program. Selected applicants will become LPN apprentices at Kaiser Permanente and take courses through the University of Hawaii – […]

RENT/UTILITIES FACT SHEET

RENT/UTILITIES FACT SHEET for L5 Quick Reminders **If you are already an existing applicant, please email your original intake specialist before 6/30/22 (DO NOT REAPPLY) ** If you already have an application out with Council of Native Hawaiian Advancement, please reach back out to them before 6/30/22 (DO NOT REAPPLY) **If you’ve been previously declined […]

  Kaiser Local 5 Organizers:

Gracie Esperanza (808) 383-3281 Gesperanza@5.unitehere.org Leia Rabe (808) 679-8821 lrabe@5.unitehere.org Cindy Aban (808) 675-8874 Caban@5.unitehere.org

VICTORY: Local 5 reached tentative agreement with Waikiki Resort Hotel

Victory! After months of bargaining, the Union and Waikiki Resort Hotel reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, replacing the CBA that expired almost 4 years ago. This win shows the impact of the standard we set on our 51-day strike back in 2018—better wages and benefits, job security, safer workplaces, and to make […]

Local 5 – Kaiser Permanente: Delay in 3% wage increase & retro-pay

                    Aloha Local 5 Kaiser Members, It has been brought to the Union’s attention that on the most recent paystub (January 28, 2022) the amount may not reflect the 3% wage increase and the retro-pay we won in our new contract. The Union has raised your […]

Healthcare Heroes to Healthcare Zeroes: Overworked and Undervalued

    This piece was written by Local 5 member Fred Dagdag from Kaiser Permanente Maui Lani. Do you want to write for Local 5? Let us know! It’s only been a year and a half, yet it feels like eternity since COVID-19 disrupted our lives in Hawaii. I remember not knowing how dangerous this […]

Closing Banquets Doesn’t Make Cents

  This opinion piece was written by Ala Moana Hotel worker, Gina Alcos. If you want to write for Local 5, contact us!  My first hotel job was at Princess Kaiulani Hotel. I was 20 years old, and I had never had a job that provided free meals, free uniforms, free medical and even a […]

Where We Stand – Local 5 Financial Secretary-Treasurer Eric Gill Letter to Kaiser Members

  For over a year, Local 5 and our union allies have been trying to talk Kaiser out of attacking Kaiser workers.  We conducted dozens of meetings and presented volumes of research and information proving that Kaiser is just plain wrong that workers are overpaid. We’ve used all the bargaining and partnership tactics available. Nothing […]