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
Unions, community, Aikea, and Hawaii
(Disappeared News) – By Larry Geller. While I worked for GE, the union members bargained for and won benefit improvements that were extended to all employees, including me. In the company town of Schenectady, what GE unions achieved benefitted workers of other companies as well—they effectively raised the standards.
Eric Gill: The leader of Hawaii’s hotel workers union is passionate about labor organizing
(Honolulu Star-Advertiser) By Lee Catterall. “We’ve given (the hotel industry) our beaches in order to get jobs, and they’re keeping the beach and downing the jobs.” — Eric Gill, Financial Secretary-Treasurer, UNITE HERE! Local 5
Hawaii union official, restaurant CEO weigh-in on labor protests
(KHON2) – By Kirk Matthews. Fast food workers in 50 cities recently staged protests demanding that their wages be increased. At present, there is no union representing fast food workers. One union official believes it may be time.
Same Sex Marriage; Hawaii Woodshow; UNITE HERE!; Victorian Tea Party
(Hawaii Public Radio) Union Local 5 on Labor Day: 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 […]
A Look Back at Hawaii’s Labor History
(Hawaii Public Radio) – For most people, Labor Day means the last long weekend of summer. But for others, it’s a day to honor our nation’s workforce.