Pharmacy Technician training program for Local 5 members & family

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 for unemployed and underemployed Local 5 members and family members. It will include a 120 hour paid internship with the possibility of employment after. Classes will be on-line, with a once a week in-person class. You must have 11th grade reading and math and be able to use computers. If interested, TEXT James Hardway at 808-282-7859 or e-mail Jillian Yasutake at jillian@bshawaii.org. Space is limited. Classes start on September 17.

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Email our state leaders: what’s your plan to help workers?

Labor Day is supposed to commemorate workers and the American labor movement. Yet on this day, PEUC benefits will expire for thousands of Hawaii workers who are still furloughed and will now receive hundreds of dollars less per week from unemployment.

The State of Hawaii knew these benefits would expire. They also allowed the eviction moratorium to expire. What is the state’s plan to help workers?

As COVID cases spike and hotel occupancy drops, many workers are back on unemployment. Many more have not been called back to work since March 2020. Employers have done little to take care of their workers since the start of the pandemic.

In the hospitality industry, only 67% of Local 5 members are back to work. The hotel industry is cutting guest services so that fewer workers return to work.

In the healthcare industry, Kaiser Permanente is proposing a destructive wage system and ignoring short staffing issues, after announcing earlier this year that they are outsourcing dozens of local jobs to the mainland and attempting to shut down departments in Wailuku clinic last year.

Fill out the form below to send an email to Governor David Ige, Speaker of the House Scott Saiki, and Senate President Ron Kouchi. Tell them: fund additional unemployment benefits, and release a detailed plan on how the State will take care of workers—especially as COVID cases increase, hotel occupancy plummets, and employers use the pandemic to cut jobs.

Labor Day 2021 Livestream Event


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Join us on Facebook Live to commemorate Labor Day with hospitality and healthcare workers.
We are coming together to celebrate being Hawaii’s Best Union six years in a row. In addition, we want to push state lawmakers and employers to take care of workers—especially as COVID cases increase, hotel occupancy plummets, and employers continue to use the pandemic to cut jobs.

Modern Honolulu housekeepers delegate to bring back daily room cleaning

Modern Honolulu housekeeping leaders delegated the general manager yesterday to demand the return of daily housekeeping service and improvements on working conditions and scheduling. We will go back next week for answers! #UnionAdvantage

Union Solidarity Tuesdays to show Kaiser Permanente we are united

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Hyatt Regency Waikiki workers ask guests to request daily room cleaning

Hazelson Dy and Patrick Dy are brothers and housekeepers at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki. They passed out leaflets and talked to guests about requesting daily room cleaning. Guests deserve a clean hotel room. Daily room cleaning is required by our collective bargaining agreement, and would help housekeepers like them get back to work so they can pay rent and put food on the table for Hazel’s 4 kids and Patrick’s 1 kid. #UnionAdvantage