“We had the honor of hosting the US Olympic Rowing Team at Ala Moana Hotel Banquets. The hotel management tried to staff the event without the correct, higher-paid kitchen crew. When union workers spoke up, management staffed correctly.” – Melanie Siarot, banquet captain at Ala Moana Hotel
#UnionAdvantage
Below is information on the nomination and election of Local 5 officers:
Notice of Nomination and Election of Local 5 Officers (posted on 6/8/21)
2021 SAMPLE mail ballot (posted on 7/20/21)
2021 SAMPLE in-person ballot (posted on 7/20/21)
2021 Voting Instructions (posted on 7/27/21)
2021 Voting Instructions – translated to Cebuano and Pangasinense (posted on 8/2/21)
Ballots for the Local 5 Officer Election have been mailed (posted on 7/29/21)
How to request a replacement ballot (posted on 8/9/21)
William, Fu, and Louis are bussers at the Veranda in the Moana Surfrider. They delegated HR on Monday to address workload, staffing, and job description issues because their manager wasn’t responding to their concerns.
The HR director said she would address these issues with her team. Since then, adjustments have already been made.
For example, the use of the buffet brought back additional steward shifts and cook shifts: minimum of 2 additional for each per week. They will also hire more bussers.
Great job to William, Fu, and Louis for taking action together to address their work issues and bring back their coworkers! #UnionAdvantage
When the Luau was brought back at the Hilton Hawaiian Village green lawn, a manager told the food servers that they have to put the chairs on top of the tables when the Luau is over. This is not in the food servers’ job description. Workers brought it up in their food & beverage meeting and delegated the general manager, asking them to bring in banquet housemen to do this work.
On Tuesday, worker leaders from the Waikiki Kyo-ya hotels met with Kevin Gleason from Marriott Corp. 
We share the sad news today of the passing of Rev. Bob Nakata. He was one of the founding clergy of Faith Action and has been a passionate ally of Local 5 for nearly two decades. His work with us includes getting arrested in our 2010 civil disobedience action with Hyatt Regency Waikiki workers; keeping the country country and defending good union jobs at Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore; standing up against worker sexual harassment at Hale Koa in 2006; and so much more.
Rev. Bob Nakata also organized around land use and development, affordable housing, and the homeless. One memorable action he organized was camping outside of Honolulu Hale when the city began to kick the homeless out of the parks.
His role in the fight for jobs, housing, and development began with the Waiāhole-Waikāne struggle to defend homes and farms from urbanization development (read about it in his own words here).
He was also a State Senator and one of the founders of the KEY (Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth) project.
Rest in Power, Rev. Bob Nakata