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Kaiser workers vote yes to strike

2015-01-15 19.11.57Local 5 members who work at Kaiser Permanente voted yes by 88% to go on strike.

By going on strike, we will show Kaiser that we are ready and willing to stand together and fight for our future.

Kaiser earned $3,100,000,000 in profits in the first 3 quarters of 2014. Meanwhile, Kaiser is trying to take away our guaranteed pensions.

Kaiser, where’s the aloha?

About UNITE HERE Local 5
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.