Gregory Castro, a banquet porter at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, was not offered overtime shifts that were instead given to workers with less seniority than him. The Contract Enforcement Team filed a grievance on Gregory’s behalf, and Hilton agreed to pay Gregory 3 hours at the overtime rate. Congratulations to Gregory for standing up for his rights!
Jimer Mangclimot and Paul Camarillo, housemen at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, applied for Houseman 2 positions but were denied. Instead, Hilton gave the position to other housemen with less seniority. Hilton also claimed that Jimer was ineligible for the position because his uncle is a Houseman 3, arguing that this means he would be supervised by a relative and would be a violation of our contract. Contract Enforcement Team filed a grievance on behalf of the Jimer and Paul arguing violation of seniority rights under the CBA and arguing that Houseman 3 is not a supervisory position. In response, the hotel changed its position and offered Jimer and Paul the Houseman 2 positions. Congratulations!
Contract Enforcement Team (CET) successfully reduces a worker’s 3-day suspension to a verbal! Matthew Nelson, a cook help at Kahala Resort, spent Thanksgiving cutting carrots under the direct supervision of the chef. After Matthew finished cutting carrots for 6 hours, the chef decided they had been cut incorrectly and gave him a 3-day suspension. CET took the case to mediation where the mediator agreed that the suspension was too severe. Congratulations to Matthew for standing up for his rights!
Kaiser Permanente’s latest financial results report their net income as:
Kaiser Permanente is a non-profit organization! Why do they keep trying to take their workers’ guaranteed pensions?
First Hawaiian Bank hosted its first teller job fair at their downtown building, so The AiKea Movement decided to leaflet outside of the building to raise awareness of the low wages paid to bank tellers, and to call on Edward Pei (Executive Director of Hawaii Bankers Association and Kaiser Permanente Board Member) to pay workers a living wage. The leaflets also encouraged bank tellers to take our survey.
View more photos on the AiKea Movement Facebook page.
Modern Honolulu workers Juliana Alcaraz and Audrey Jordan-Gecain
In February, we announced that Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) William L. Schmidt ruled that The Modern Honolulu violated workers’ labor law rights. The Employer attempted to challenge the ALJ’s decision but, as we expected, the NLRB in Washington DC upheld the decision. Congratulations (again) to the workers of The Modern Honolulu!