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Hyatt 100 Solidarity Action in Honolulu
November 20th, 2009This week thousands of workers in over a dozen cities across North America held public demonstrations to demand that Hyatt Hotels “Bring Back the Hyatt 100.” Hyatt fired 100 housekeepers from its three Boston area hotels after asking the workers to train their replacements from an outsourcing agency. The incident has ignited a national controversy for the newly public Hyatt Hotels, which launched an initial public offering of its stock on November 5, 2009.
Pass REAL Health Care Reform
October 13th, 2009Unite Here! has co-sponsored the publishing of this advertisement, an open letter urging the US Senate to consider what’s really at stake in the health care debate.
Click the image below to see a larger version and read our letter. You can also download the letter as a PDF.
PRESS RELEASE: Kaiser workers to rally for new contract
October 7th, 2009“Kaiser workers to rally for new contract”
Where
Kaiser Moanalua Hospital
3288 Moanalua Road
When
Thursday, October 8, 2009
4:30–6:30pm
PRESS RELEASE: UNITE HERE! Local 5 Launches Online Kaiser Patient Care & Service Survey
September 3rd, 2009Honolulu, HI — A week after more than 1,000 Local 5 health care workers and their supporters rallied in front of Kaiser’s Honolulu and Wailuku Clinics, the hotel and healthcare workers’ union UNITE HERE Local 5 has launched a website, www.Local5Deliver.org, as part of their 2009 statewide contract campaign.
Local 5′s new website features an online Kaiser Patient Care and Service Survey.
Members of the public who are covered by Kaiser Permanente are encouraged to view and fill out the online survey by visiting www.Local5Deliver.org.
UNITE HERE Local 5 will catalog survey results as part of their ongoing campaign to deliver quality patient care by way of securing a greater voice on the job, reasonable working conditions, proper staffing and job security for nearly 1,800 frontline workers at Kaiser Permanente, Hawaii’s largest health maintenance organization.
UNITE HERE Local 5 is the Hawaii-based branch of the UNITE HERE union, which represents over 450,000 North American members, with a tradition of consumer advocacy.