Parking 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 […]
Workers successfully fought against an unfair attendance policy, improper staffing, scheduling violations, and more. Read below for more of our Local 5 victories. (Printable PDF version of our November 2016 Workers Lead Bulletin: English and Chinese.) Annual Local 5 Delegate Convention At our annual Delegate Convention, we discussed the challenges & opportunities facing the union. […]
Leaders from the Grounds department at Sheraton delegated management without the help of their organizers. They brought up issues in their department around standard operations, communication, training new hires, and more. Management agreed to work with them to address these issues. Congratulations to these leaders for stepping up! #WorkersLead
Hawaii Care & Cleaning worker Sherwin Badua was recently terminated for excessive attendance. His coworkers wore buttons in support of Sherwin and to stand up against HCC’s unfair attendance policy that counts tardiness and absences as a no show. Sherwin also filed a grievance. Before even getting to step one of the grievance, HCC agreed […]
Mayor Kirk Caldwell visited our members at the Hilton Hawaiian Village yesterday! He’ll be visiting other Local 5 properties over the next week. Look out for him! View more photos on our Facebook page.
Kekoa Caseria has worked at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel for 16 years. Since 2009, Kekoa has tirelessly fought to have Sunday/Monday Days Off. With the help of the Contract Enforcement Team (CET), effective October 20, 2016 Kekoa was finally awarded his Preferred Days Off. Kekoa also won Back Pay of 4.75 hours for a 2014 […]
Vote Kirk Caldwell for Mayor Local 5 will support Kirk Caldwell for re-election as Honolulu Mayor. After Local 5 convention delegates heard from both Caldwell and his opponent Charles Djou at our recent annual convention, they were asked two questions: should Local 5 endorse a candidate in the Mayor’s election? and, which candidate should we […]
Juanito Dinong, a server at the Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Rainbow Lanai, was not offered a work shift by seniority. With the help of the Contract Enforcement Team, he filed a grievance and won 5 hours of back-pay. #WorkersLead
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Club lounge attendants and receptionists at the Moana Surfrider came together to present their issues to the General Manager. They won 3 more hours scheduled per day to better serve guests and stop unreasonable workload. #WorkersLead
Bartender Taitian Hong was scheduled a 4-hour shift at the Hau Tree Bar at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. When an 8-hour shift became available, he was not offered the shift according to seniority. He filed a grievance with the Contract Enforcement Team and won back-pay for the 4-hour difference ($154.60 total.) #WorkersLead
Parking victory for Sheraton Waikiki & Royal Hawaiian workers
Parking 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 […]
November 2016 Workers Lead Bulletin
Workers successfully fought against an unfair attendance policy, improper staffing, scheduling violations, and more. Read below for more of our Local 5 victories. (Printable PDF version of our November 2016 Workers Lead Bulletin: English and Chinese.) Annual Local 5 Delegate Convention At our annual Delegate Convention, we discussed the challenges & opportunities facing the union. […]
Sheraton grounds workers delegates management
Leaders from the Grounds department at Sheraton delegated management without the help of their organizers. They brought up issues in their department around standard operations, communication, training new hires, and more. Management agreed to work with them to address these issues. Congratulations to these leaders for stepping up! #WorkersLead
Hawaii Care & Cleaning workers fight unfair termination
Hawaii Care & Cleaning worker Sherwin Badua was recently terminated for excessive attendance. His coworkers wore buttons in support of Sherwin and to stand up against HCC’s unfair attendance policy that counts tardiness and absences as a no show. Sherwin also filed a grievance. Before even getting to step one of the grievance, HCC agreed […]
Mayor Kirk Caldwell visits our Hilton Hawaiian Village members
Mayor Kirk Caldwell visited our members at the Hilton Hawaiian Village yesterday! He’ll be visiting other Local 5 properties over the next week. Look out for him! View more photos on our Facebook page.
Royal Hawaiian worker fights for scheduling, workload
Kekoa Caseria has worked at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel for 16 years. Since 2009, Kekoa has tirelessly fought to have Sunday/Monday Days Off. With the help of the Contract Enforcement Team (CET), effective October 20, 2016 Kekoa was finally awarded his Preferred Days Off. Kekoa also won Back Pay of 4.75 hours for a 2014 […]
Local 5 General Election endorsements
Vote Kirk Caldwell for Mayor Local 5 will support Kirk Caldwell for re-election as Honolulu Mayor. After Local 5 convention delegates heard from both Caldwell and his opponent Charles Djou at our recent annual convention, they were asked two questions: should Local 5 endorse a candidate in the Mayor’s election? and, which candidate should we […]
Hilton Rainbow Lanai server wins back pay
Juanito Dinong, a server at the Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Rainbow Lanai, was not offered a work shift by seniority. With the help of the Contract Enforcement Team, he filed a grievance and won 5 hours of back-pay. #WorkersLead
Moana Surfrider workers fight unreasonable workload
Club lounge attendants and receptionists at the Moana Surfrider came together to present their issues to the General Manager. They won 3 more hours scheduled per day to better serve guests and stop unreasonable workload. #WorkersLead
Hilton bartender wins back pay
Bartender Taitian Hong was scheduled a 4-hour shift at the Hau Tree Bar at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. When an 8-hour shift became available, he was not offered the shift according to seniority. He filed a grievance with the Contract Enforcement Team and won back-pay for the 4-hour difference ($154.60 total.) #WorkersLead