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Parking victory for Sheraton Waikiki & Royal Hawaiian workers

2016-12-14-kyo-ya-parking-victoryParking victory for our Sheraton Waikiki and Royal Hawaiian workers! Our worker-led committee negotiated with the company to address the safety, economic and workplace impacts of the parking lockouts. Starting on the lockouts of December 9th & 15th, the company has agreed to go back to the old way.
 
The General Manager and Local 5 also secured parking at $12 flat rate for 11 hours at International Market Place & Hawaiian Monarch $8 for any 10 hours within 5am-6pm. See union bulletin board for full list of parking sites, details & conditions.
The parking lock-out committee organized their coworkers to get 500 signatures on a petition and bargain with the General Manager.
“We don’t have to wait until our 2018 contract negotiations to get things done. As long as we are united [as workers], we can win.” — Local 5 Parking Lock-Out committee

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.