(Honolulu Star-Advertiser) – By Nina Wu. Hawaii Counts 2020 Census, Child & Family Service, the Domestic Violence Action Center, the ILWU Local 142, UNITE HERE! Local 5 and the American Job Centers will also be on hand at today’s event to provide information.
(Hawaii News Now) – By Keahi Tucker. “Hotel workers are spooked by the transmissibility of the disease,” said Unite Here! Local 5 Treasurer Eric Gill.
(KITV 4) – By KITV Web Staff. UNITE HERE! Local 5 is proud to partner with the city in organizing the food distribution. Eric Gill, Local 5 Financial Secretary-Treasurer, stated, “We are pleased that the city is taking the lead in organizing, sharing, and cooperation to address an urgent community need. Working together is what is necessary for all of us to emerge from this crisis healthy and strong.”
(Wall Street Journal) – By Kim Mackrael. The coronavirus pandemic is hitting state labor markets to very different degrees, with some seeing as many as one in five workers file for unemployment benefits and others far fewer.
(Associated Press) – Judith Ramirez and her husband are both among those dealing with the stress and uncertainty of not knowing when they’ll be able to resume working. She is a housekeeper at the Sheraton Waikiki while her husband is an electrician journeyman there. They each filed for unemployment in recent weeks, with some assistance from their union, UNITE HERE Local 5, after the hotel temporarily closed.
(Honolulu Star-Advertiser) – By Chad Blair. UNITE HERE Local 5 on Monday announced “Safe Hotels, Safe Hawaii” guidelines intended to encourage the hotel industry “to immediately adopt” them to ensure the health and safety of hotel guests, hotel workers “and the broader public amid the COVID-19 pandemic.”