1516 S. King st. Honolulu, HI 96826
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.
UPDATED: 2014 General Election Endorsements
The Candidates listed here have been recommended by Local 5’s member-led Political Action Team and approved of by the Union’s Executive Board as of Monday, October 27, 2014. PDF version here. The 2014 General Election is on Tuesday, November 4. Polling hours are 7:00am – 6:00pm. More information can be found at the State of […]
Huge win for Royal Hawaiian bell clerk
Huge win for Kuulei Reiley, a bell clerk at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. She was suspended for 5 days for not locking her bank vault, even though she had previously notified management that the vault equipment was faulty. After filing a grievance, the Employer rescinded her suspension with full back pay.
Hilton Hawaiian Village bar porter wins back pay
Luke Dekneef works at the Hilton Hawaiian Village as an on-call bar porter. He was denied work opportunities because the Hilton was giving work shifts to other workers, even though he was available and willing to work. The Contract Enforcement Team filed a grievance on Luke’s behalf. As a result, Luke won 8 hours of […]
International Housekeeper Appreciation Week
It’s International Housekeeper Appreciation Week! We want to thank all of our housekeepers for their hard work and for making a difference in our union and our community. We encourage everyone to tip their housekeepers, and for hotels to pay workers a living wage.
Overtime pay for Hilton Hawaiian Village banquet porter
Gregory Castro, a banquet porter at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, was not offered overtime shifts that were instead given to workers with less seniority than him. The Contract Enforcement Team filed a grievance on Gregory’s behalf, and Hilton agreed to pay Gregory 3 hours at the overtime rate. Congratulations to Gregory for standing up for […]
Hilton Hawaiian Village housemen win promotions
Jimer Mangclimot and Paul Camarillo, housemen at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, applied for Houseman 2 positions but were denied. Instead, Hilton gave the position to other housemen with less seniority. Hilton also claimed that Jimer was ineligible for the position because his uncle is a Houseman 3, arguing that this means he would be supervised […]
Suspension reduced to verbal for Kahala Resort cook help
Contract Enforcement Team (CET) successfully reduces a worker’s 3-day suspension to a verbal! Matthew Nelson, a cook help at Kahala Resort, spent Thanksgiving cutting carrots under the direct supervision of the chef. After Matthew finished cutting carrots for 6 hours, the chef decided they had been cut incorrectly and gave him a 3-day suspension. CET […]
Net Incomes of Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente’s latest financial results report their net income as: 2013 Total: $2.7 billion 2014 First Quarter: $1.1 billion 2014 Second Quarter: $1.0 billion Kaiser Permanente is a non-profit organization! Why do they keep trying to take their workers’ guaranteed pensions?
Leafletting outside of First Hawaiian Bank teller job fair
First Hawaiian Bank hosted its first teller job fair at their downtown building, so The AiKea Movement decided to leaflet outside of the building to raise awareness of the low wages paid to bank tellers, and to call on Edward Pei (Executive Director of Hawaii Bankers Association and Kaiser Permanente Board Member) to pay workers […]
NLRB upholds decision that The Modern Honolulu violated workers’ labor law rights
In February, we announced that Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) William L. Schmidt ruled that The Modern Honolulu violated workers’ labor law rights. The Employer attempted to challenge the ALJ’s decision but, as we expected, the NLRB in Washington DC upheld the decision. Congratulations (again) to the workers of The Modern Honolulu!