Official Notice of the Result of the Nomination Meeting

UNITE HERE LOCAL 5 OFFICIAL NOTICE

Thursday, April 4, 2024

NOTICE OF THE RESULT OF THE NOMINATION MEETING

On Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. at the Local 5 office, 1516 S. King St., Honolulu HI 96826, the UNITE HERE Local 5 2024 Officer and Delegate Election Committee conducted the Nominations Meeting.

The candidates below were nominated and qualified for the Local 5 Officer, Trustee and Delegate positions by being in continuous good standing for at least twenty-four (24) consecutive months (Officer and Trustee) or twelve (12) consecutive months (Delegate) immediately preceding the opening of nominations.

Being that there was only one candidate nominated for each position, this Election Committee finds that the UNITE HERE Local 5 2024 Officer and Delegates Election has been decided. The term of office for the new Local 5 Executive Board begins in June 2024.

Here are the successful candidates:

2024 LOCAL 5 EXECUTIVE BOARD

Financial Secretary-Treasurer Cade Watanabe UNITE HERE Local 5

President Gemma Weinstein Ala Moana Hotel

Senior Vice-President Eric Gill Sheraton Waikiki

Executive Board At-Large Lydia Agustin Westin Moana Surfrider

Renee Minshall Hilton Hawaiian Village

Diana Mei Ibera Kaiser Permanente

Food & Beverage Division Daren Miyasato Hyatt Regency Waikiki

Hospital Division Cindy Aban Kaiser Permanente

Hotel Division Susan Galicha Hilton Hawaiian Village

County of Hawai’i Maggie Larson Royal Kona Resort

County of Kauai Angela Prigge Sheraton Kauai

County of Maui Laurie DeCoite Sheraton Maui

Trustee Marla Marcello Kaiser Permanente

Jason Maxwell Waikiki Beach Marriott/Modern

DELEGATES TO THE 2024 UNITE HERE CONVENTION

Celia Arcilla Sheraton Maui Genevieve Cachola Kaiser Permanente

Katrina Camagay Princess Ka’iulani Anabel Castro Westin Moana Surfrider

Maria Teresa Del Mundo Hyatt Regency John Goins Hilton Hawaiian Village

Sonia Hara Hilton Hawaiian Village Ellison Lyman Hilton Hawaiian Village

Cleo McKeague Hilton Hawaiian Village Maria Teresa Pacunayen Waikiki Beach Marriott

Elsa Pinera Hilton Garden Inn Sabrina Ruan Sheraton Waikiki

Cindy Santos Turtle Bay Resort Emilinda Simeon HMSHost HNL

Lacey Vincent Waikoloa Beach Marriott Janna Yuen Kaiser Permanente

Ilia Patlidzanov, Chair, UNITE HERE Local 5 2024 Officer and Delegate Election Committee

L5 Notice of the Result of the Nomination Meeting 2024 PDF

VICTORY! Kaiser workers awarded PSP bonuses for 2023 and backpay for 2022

Local 5 and other unions that make up the Alliance of Healthcare Unions worked jointly with management on projects in 2023 that led to a historic savings of over $90 million. Through the Alliance Performance Sharing Program (PSP) Kaiser workers earned bonuses for meeting the annual goals of the program. Alliance workers in Hawai‘i also […]

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APPLICATIONS OPEN APRIL 1: Child Care Benefit

Applications for the new child care benefit will open on Monday, April 1!  Benefits of up to $200 per month for informal care or up to $325 per month for formal care are available for eligible members with children between ages 0-12. Benefits get paid directly to you (not to the caregiver)!

Go to local5.sterlingadministration.com to learn more.

*Please note that this applies only to members who work for contributing employers (listed below); and the benefit may depend upon your overall eligibility for health and welfare benefits.

 

Contributing Employers:
Ala Moana Hotel
Hilton Garden Inn
Hilton Hawaiian Village
Hyatt Centric
Hyatt Regency
Imperial Hawaii Resort
Kaanapali Beach Club
Kahala Hotel & Resort
Moana Surfrider
Plaza Hotel
Queen Kapiolani Hotel
Ramada Plaza Waikiki
Sheraton Kauai
Sheraton Maui
Sheraton Princess Kaiulani
Sheraton Waikiki
The Modern Honolulu
The Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Turtle Bay Resort
Waikiki Beach Marriott
Waikiki Resort Hotel
Waikoloa Beach Marriott

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY: Hawaii State AFL-CIO

The Hawaii State AFL-CIO will be awarding $1,000 to three graduating seniors. Deadline to apply is 4/12/24.

A $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to THREE graduating seniors who are currently attending high school in the state of Hawaii and plan to pursue post-high school study on a full-time basis at a university, college, community college, vocational or trade school

Read full criteria here: 2024 Hawaii State AFL CIO Scholarship criteria

VICTORY! Ilikai workers reach tentative agreement ending strike within hours

On Friday, March 8, Ilikai workers reached a tentative agreement with the company and settled the strike that began earlier that day. At 6 a.m. workers walked off the job and announced they would be going on strike after going more than five years without a new contract.

At the time, Ilikai workers made $8/hour less than other Waikiki hotel workers, and the Ilikai hotel had not brought back automatic daily guestroom cleaning, while the majority of other Waikiki hotels have. Additionally, Ilikai guestrooms are twice the size of an average hotel guestroom and all include full kitchens.

“We do the same work as other hotel workers in Waikiki. We deserve the same pay and the same standard as them,” said Pamela Balintona a housekeeper at the Ilikai hotel.

Highlights of the tentative agreement:

  • Immediate wage increases that bring Ilikai workers up to standard with other Waikiki hotel workers
  • Immediate restoration of automatic daily room cleaning
  • Housekeeping workload improvements
  • Premium hourly increases for Bellman
  • Improvements to meal & transit pass subsidies
  • A process for dealing with newly introduced technologies
  • Retirement with dignity

“We’ve been fighting for six years to show that all of us workers at the Ilikai Hotel are not secondclass citizens, and today we finally won that fight,” said Merlinda Castro, housekeeper at Ilikai Hotel. “So many of us housekeepers are women who work hard every day to provide for our families so it means even more to me that we won a fair contract today on international woman’s day.”

*On Tuesday, February 20, 100% voted YES to ratify their contract.

Read and watch the news coverage at the links below:

KITV: Ilikai Hotel workers settle new contract on International Women’s Day
Star Advertiser: Ilikai Hotel workers reach tentative deal with company
Hawaii News Now: Unionized workers, Ilikai Hotel reach deal after hours-long strike

VICTORY! Food & Beverage workers at Hyatt Regency win grievance and backpay

In January 2024, waithelp at The Buffet at Hyatt Regency won their grievance against management and $13,000 in backpay.

Since June 2023, management had not been honoring the section in their CBA that said buffet waithelp should receive a 15% service fee for all comped meals. Pamela Toma, their shop steward, gathered receipts to show that management was in violation. Together, the workers organized to bring this issue to management and put a stop to this unfair practice.