If you do not receive your ballot for the Local 5 Officer Election by tomorrow (Thu. 8/5/21), or if you spoil your ballot and need a new one, you can request a replacement ballot by contacting DOL Election Supervisor Gary Gray at 808-541-2937 or at [email protected]. Requests must be received no later than 12:00pm on […]
Julie Manuel, a Hilton Hawaiian Village seamstress and longtime Local 5 committee leader, pushed the management to hire more seamstresses because there were no relievers and they wouldn’t release her to take a vacation. This pushed management to hire two full-time seamstresses, Rosemarie Tabalba and Lorna Cacpal. More workers on the shop floor means more […]
Yesterday on Moral Monday, UNITE HERE! members brought the voices and power of the people to Washington D.C. to let our electeds know we mean exactly what we said: our vote must be protected and we need living wages NOW. Local 5 members Lilibeth Herrell and Marites Uy were part of a group of 80+ […]
Kaiser Permanente EVS (Housekeeping) workers delegated HR and Compliance regarding two supervisors’ unprofessional and demeaning communication style and behavior. The workers expressed that these two supervisors do not live up to Kaiser’s mission. HR still won’t address this issue, so the workers will continue to fight for respect at work! Stay tuned. #UnionAdvantage
Hyatt Regency Waikiki reopened their club lounge with shifts shorter than before the pandemic. Almost all of the Regency Club workers went to the hotel to delegate their chef and tell him that 5 hour shifts aren’t enough to support our families after being out of work for over a year. The fight to get […]
Last summer, following months of tourism lockdown, Unite Here Local 5, which represents some 12,000 hospitality, health care and food service workers, called for stepped-up workforce protections to guard against COVID-19 as Hawaii framed a strategy for restarting its stalled economic engine. (read more)