HARIETT (Hotel And Restaurant Industry Employment & Training Trust) provides job training opportunities for Local 5 members at NO cost through a partnership between participating Employers and Local 5.
A PDF version of the Spring 2016 class schedule for Oahu can be found here.
A full list of programs available statewide can be found on the HARIETT website. If you have any questions, refer to the HARIETT FAQ page or contact HARIETT.
Maria Deguzman, a Hilton Hawaiian Village housekeeper, was terminated without just and sufficient cause. She filed a grievance with the Contract Enforcement and the Employer reinstated her on November 20, 2015, one year after being terminated. Her file will be expunged of any reference to this disciplinary action.
Our collective bargaining agreement prohibits Hilton Hawaiian Village from subcontracting bargaining unit work unless the hotel gives the Union notice and the Union gives its permission. In 2012, Hilton subcontracted almost all of its newspaper delivery around the property, thus depriving bargaining unit workers of work opportunity, and the majority of their income. The Contract Enforcement Team filed a grievance and took the case to arbitration. The arbitrator found that HHV violated the union contract’s subcontracting agreement and ruled that HHV must pay bargaining unit workers all of the newspaper delivery premiums that the Employer had denied workers since 2012. Hilton was required to backpay messengers more than $133,000.
21 Local 5 members took a leave of absence for one week to talk to their coworkers about our plan to win in 2018. Mahalo to these members for stepping up as leaders!
Gemma Weinstein (Organizer & Executive Board Member) and the Local 5 team honored these members at the end of the blitz:
Amanda Shami-Henderson (Sheraton Waikiki).
Carmelita Ramos (Hilton Hawaiian Village)
Chester Corpuz (Waikiki Beach Marriott)
Cleo McKeague (Hilton Hawaiian Village)
Cynthia Uy (The Kahala)
David Langille (The Kahala)
Delia Bareng (Hyatt Regency Waikiki)
Emily Canoy (Sheraton Princess Kaiulani)
Evangeline Bautista (Hilton Hawaiian Village)
Gemma Conn (Sheraton Princess Kaiulani)
Gladys Pobre (Hilton Hawaiian Village)
James Bartolome (Hyatt Regency Waikiki)
Juliana Alcaraz (Waikiki Beach Marriott)
Julie Cabaluna (Moana Surfrider)
Julius Rualo (Royal Hawaiian)
Junior Malacas (Hilton Hawaiian Village)
Lourdes Maquera (Royal Hawaiian)
Manuel Sagun (Sheraton Waikiki)
Nida Ibarra (The Kahala)
Sherwin Mamuad (Hyatt Regency Waikiki)
Virgil Kodep (HCC)
20 Local 5 members took a one-week leave of absence to talk to their coworkers about our plan for 2018. They organized over 20 coffee hours attended by 129 members. 49 of them agreed to host their own coffee hours to reach more of their coworkers. Awesome job, everyone!
If you want to learn more about our plan for 2018, come to our next committee meetings on Wednesday, February 17 at 9:00a, 12:00p, 2:30p, or 4:30p. Location TBD.
Due to the Employer’s failure to schedule properly in the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani kitchen, the #1 dinner cook, #1 assistant cook, and #1 breakfast cook could not get their preferred days off. Working with the WAT (Worker Action Team), culinary workers have pushed for and won the right to re-do the department bid. Great work, everyone!