Local 5 is working to build power inside and outside of our workplaces. Voting together and winning together is one step toward this. Hawaii’s primary election is on Saturday, August 13, 2016 from 7:00a – 6:00p. Go here to find your polling place or view a sample ballot. You can also do early walk-in voting […]
HARIETT (Hotel And Restaurant Industry Employment & Training Trust) provides job training opportunities for Local 5 members at NO cost through a partnership between participating Employers and Local 5. A PDF version of the Fall 2016 class schedule for Oahu can be found here. A full list of programs available statewide can be found on […]
Local 5 re-elects Eric Gill; votes in first Filipina President June 30, 2016 Honolulu – The Election Committee, appointed by UNITE HERE International Union President D. Taylor to oversee the 2016 Local 5 Officer Elections, announced this evening the re-election of Eric Gill as the top officer of UNITE HERE Local 5. Local 5 represents nearly […]
Hale Nani workers attended the Kaneohe Neighborhood Board meeting to voice their concerns about a controversial nursing facility that is being developed by Avalon Health Care Group (which also runs Hale Nani) in Windward Community College. These workers shared their experiences about working conditions at Hale Nani, including understaffing and lack of respect on the […]
Local 5 was awarded Hawaii’s Best Union by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser! Mahalo to our Local 5 members for making us the best union in Hawaii. If you missed yesterday’s paper, you can view the full issue here.
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William Hutchins, who works in the Hilton Hawaiian Village maintenance department, was not offered a work opportunity according to seniority. He filed a grievance with the Contract Enforcement Team and won 8 hours of overtime back pay. Congratulations!
Last year, we reported that nearly 50 Hawaii Care and Cleaning (HCC) workers at the Hilton Hawaiian Village were not being paid union wages between 2008-13, totaling nearly $1.8 million in lost wages. Recently, HCC workers delegated Jerry Gibson (Hilton’s regional vice president) to address this wage theft issue and demand their lost wages. They […]
Since December 2015, the workers at Avalon Hale Nani have been fighting for more staffing to better care for their kupuna residents. On paydays, Hale Nani has a policy whereby workers are allowed to wear street clothes to work, including t-shirts with logos of all kinds and sizes. On the March 16 payday, workers wore […]
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For over four years, we have been fighting to get Juliana Alcaraz’s job back after she was fired from The Modern Honolulu. In 2014, an administrative law judge ruled that The Modern violated federal labor law when it unlawfully fired housekeeper Juliana for speaking out about working conditions at the hotel. The judge ruled that, […]
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2016 Local 5 Endorsements
Local 5 is working to build power inside and outside of our workplaces. Voting together and winning together is one step toward this. Hawaii’s primary election is on Saturday, August 13, 2016 from 7:00a – 6:00p. Go here to find your polling place or view a sample ballot. You can also do early walk-in voting […]
HARIETT Fall 2016 schedule
HARIETT (Hotel And Restaurant Industry Employment & Training Trust) provides job training opportunities for Local 5 members at NO cost through a partnership between participating Employers and Local 5. A PDF version of the Fall 2016 class schedule for Oahu can be found here. A full list of programs available statewide can be found on […]
2016 Local 5 Officer Election Results
Local 5 re-elects Eric Gill; votes in first Filipina President June 30, 2016 Honolulu – The Election Committee, appointed by UNITE HERE International Union President D. Taylor to oversee the 2016 Local 5 Officer Elections, announced this evening the re-election of Eric Gill as the top officer of UNITE HERE Local 5. Local 5 represents nearly […]
Hale Nani workers attend Kaneohe Neighborhood Board meeting
Hale Nani workers attended the Kaneohe Neighborhood Board meeting to voice their concerns about a controversial nursing facility that is being developed by Avalon Health Care Group (which also runs Hale Nani) in Windward Community College. These workers shared their experiences about working conditions at Hale Nani, including understaffing and lack of respect on the […]
Local 5 awarded Hawaii’s Best Union
Local 5 was awarded Hawaii’s Best Union by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser! Mahalo to our Local 5 members for making us the best union in Hawaii. If you missed yesterday’s paper, you can view the full issue here.
Hilton maintenance worker wins overtime back pay
William Hutchins, who works in the Hilton Hawaiian Village maintenance department, was not offered a work opportunity according to seniority. He filed a grievance with the Contract Enforcement Team and won 8 hours of overtime back pay. Congratulations!
HCC workers delegate Hilton executive over wage theft
Last year, we reported that nearly 50 Hawaii Care and Cleaning (HCC) workers at the Hilton Hawaiian Village were not being paid union wages between 2008-13, totaling nearly $1.8 million in lost wages. Recently, HCC workers delegated Jerry Gibson (Hilton’s regional vice president) to address this wage theft issue and demand their lost wages. They […]
NLRB: Hale Nani “was not privileged to ban employees from wearing their red shirts”
Since December 2015, the workers at Avalon Hale Nani have been fighting for more staffing to better care for their kupuna residents. On paydays, Hale Nani has a policy whereby workers are allowed to wear street clothes to work, including t-shirts with logos of all kinds and sizes. On the March 16 payday, workers wore […]
Court upholds NLRB decision that The Modern unlawfully fired Juliana Alcaraz
For over four years, we have been fighting to get Juliana Alcaraz’s job back after she was fired from The Modern Honolulu. In 2014, an administrative law judge ruled that The Modern violated federal labor law when it unlawfully fired housekeeper Juliana for speaking out about working conditions at the hotel. The judge ruled that, […]
State of Hawaii decision on Hernando Tan’s appeal to unemployment office