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Victory! After months of bargaining, the Union and Waikiki Resort Hotel reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, replacing the CBA that expired almost 4 years ago. This win shows the impact of the standard we set on our 51-day strike back in 2018—better wages and benefits, job security, safer workplaces, and to make ONE JOB enough to live in Hawaii.

This victory sets the pattern for our remaining contract fights with the small properties that are expired and not yet settled (i.e., Queen Kapiolani Hotel, Ramada Plaza, Royal Kona Resort, and others). With our solidarity and unity, Local 5 is showing our employers that we’re not afraid to fight! Let’s continue gaining the momentum for our 2022 campaigns and raise the standard even higher for the working people of Hawaii!

From left to right: Lisa Pang, LPN (committee leader); Frank Manley, LPN (assistant shop steward/committee leader/stakeholder); and Mary Ondra, LPN.

Kaiser Permanente Kona clinic workers were not getting compensated for overtime for late lunches or skipped lunches.

The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) language is clear on this: “If [after notifying a manager] an employee is required to work more than six (6) hours after the start of the shift without being given an uninterrupted thirty (30 minute meal period, the employee shall be paid at the applicable overtime rate for all time worked after the sixth (6th) hour until such time as the employee is given an uninterrupted thirty (30 minute meal period.”

A manager admitted she was not compensating overtime even when notified of late lunches, and she was informing staff to waive their overtime if they leave early with no lunch.

The union setup a meeting with the manager and HR. All parties agreed that workers are entitled to overtime if they follow the notification procedure, regardless of when they end their shift.