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Hilton Hawaiian Village bar porter wins back pay

2014-09-18 15.50.10Luke Dekneef works at the Hilton Hawaiian Village as an on-call bar porter. He was denied work opportunities because the Hilton was giving work shifts to other workers, even though he was available and willing to work. The Contract Enforcement Team filed a grievance on Luke’s behalf. As a result, Luke won 8 hours of back pay.

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Local 5 represents 10,000 workers throughout Hawaii who work in the hospitality, health care and food service industries and is an affiliate of UNITE HERE, an international union that represents over 250,000 workers throughout the U.S. and Canada.