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Hilton Hawaiian Village reservation agents fight subcontracting

2016.04.01 HHV Susan, Nalani, GailSusan Keliipio and Nalani Umu, Reservation Agents at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, were placed on call because the Employer claimed that business slowed down. With the help of their Shop Steward Gail Kawaguchi, they argued that reservation calls were being bounced to an outsourced company and therefore their work was being subcontracted. Our contracts don’t allow subcontracting when the work can be done in-house. Susan and Nalani won a combined total of $1,011.01 in back pay. Great work!

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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.