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Hotel housekeepers to leaflet Waikiki beach encouraging daily room cleaning

September 9, 2021 in /by

Media Advisory for September 9, 2021 Media Contact: Bryant de Venecia Cell Phone: (808) 546-0024 [email protected] Hotel housekeepers to leaflet Waikiki beach encouraging daily room cleaning Eliminating daily room cleaning means fewer housekeepers are brought back to work and tougher workloads for remaining housekeepers WHAT: Hotel housekeepers pass out leaflets to hotel guests along Waikiki […]

Pharmacy Technician training program for Local 5 members & family

September 7, 2021 in /by

Aloha, Oahu Local 5 members and family members! As part of Banquet Solutions Hawaii and HARIETT’s on-going efforts to assist Local 5 members and family that have been negatively impacted (unemployed and under employed) by the pandemic, we are partnering with Leeward Community College to offer a Pharmacy Technician training program. The program is free […]

Hotel Workers Union Concerned About Job Cuts and Tourism Slowdown

September 7, 2021 in /by

Travel bookings on the other side of this Labor Day holiday are said to be softening. September and October traditionally tend to be slower times in the visitor industry. And with COVID cases in the islands soaring, it is cause for concern for our economic recovery. Unite Here! Local Five is the union that represents […]

September 6, 2021 in /by

UNITEHERE! Local 5 Press release for September 6, 2021   Media Contact: Bryant de Venecia Cell Phone: (808) 546-0024 [email protected]   On Labor Day, labor unions call on employers and state to help workers Employers have been using the pandemic as an excuse to cut jobs and state lawmakers have done little to address this […]