UNITE HERE Local 5 represents 10,000 workers in Hawaiʻi who work in the hotel, healthcare, & food services industries.We welcome inquiries from the media regarding our industries, members, policy and politics, and other issues of concerns to Hawaii workers.
Please contact:
Angelina Spence, Communications Organizer • [email protected] • (808) 391-6988
IN THE NEWS
City Council advances hotel measure
(Honolulu Star-Advertiser) – By Allison Schaefers & Gordon Pang. About 1,000 community members from the Aikea Movement, a job preservation effort organized by Unite Here Local 5, are expected to rally at Honolulu Hale on Thursday in support of Bill 16, which seeks to preserve hotel jobs by requiring property owners to obtain a permit […]
Tip credit stymies accord on raise
(Honolulu Star-Advertiser) – By Derrick DePledge. State House and Senate leaders have reached an understanding on raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour by January 2018 and expanding a tip credit to 75 cents, but an influential state senator wants a debate over the tip credit before signing off on the agreement.
Waikiki: Present and Future
(Hawaii Business Magazine) – Six tourism leaders gather for a Hawaii Business forum to discuss Waikiki’s strengths and weaknesses, and how to keep it as a robust engine of Hawaii’s economy.
Who needs a hotel?
(Honolulu Star-Advertiser) – By Vicki Viotti. The conversion of traditional hotel rooms to timeshares and condos brings some stability to visitor numbers, but hotel workers pay the price.
Fast-Food Wage Protests: Eric Gill
(Hawaii Public Radio – The Conversation) – Eric Gill is Financial Secretary-Treasurer of UNITE HERE! Local 5. Local 5 represents approximately 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 […]