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Maui cohort formed to help address the shortage of Licensed Practical Nurses
Kaiser Permanente, UNITE Here! Local 5 and the University of Hawaii Maui College are launching a program to train current employees to become Licensed Practical Nurses. Once licensed, the cohort participants will have the opportunity to apply and fill critical open Kaiser Permanente LPN positions. The program aims to address the state’s nursing shortage which was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hawaiʻi Hotel Workers Held Statewide Event: Spread Aloha, Not COVID
With the recent surge in tourists to Hawaiʻi, hundreds of UNITE HERE Local 5 members waved signs and passed out out informational leaflets on O’ahu, Maui and Kaua’i to urge visitors and the public to “Spread Aloha, not COVID.”
Maui, Honolulu Airline Food Workers Vote to Strike
Airline food workers who prepare, pack, and deliver food and beverages served onboard several major air carriers on Maui and Oʻahu, voted unanimously to strike.
Local 5 Rejects Latest Offer by Kyo-Ya, Next Meeting Nov. 26
Unite Here Local 5 has rejected the latest offer from Kyo-ya as 2,700 Hawaiʻi hotel workers enter a sixth week of a strike at five hotels operated by Marriott.
325 Sheraton Maui Hotel Workers on Strike
As of 5 a.m. today, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, more than 325 Sheraton Maui hotel workers are on strike.
Local 5 Hotel Workers Vote to Authorize Strike
UNITE HERE Local 5 hotel workers from six Marriott-operated hotels in Honolulu and on Maui have voted to authorize a strike with a 95% yes vote.
Contract Dispute Heats up at 7 Marriott Properties in Hawai‘i
Union representatives say “one job should be enough,” to live in Hawaiʻi, raise families, and “retire with dignity.”
Kannapali Beach Club Employees Ratify 3-Year Union Contract
The Kaanapali Beach Club and the UNITE Here Local 5 employee union have reached an agreement and ratified a contract.
VIDEO: Union Workers Seek Job Security in Maui Strike at Kaiser
By Wendy Osher Kaiser workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 5 conducted a limited duration strike on Thursday at the Maui Lani and Wailuku Clinics, in an effort to prevent jobs from being subcontracted to out of state workers. The one-day strike was organized to draw attention to ongoing contract negotiations and demands for job […]
Local 5 to Strike at Kaiser Maui Lani and Wailuku Clinics
By Wendy Osher [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mojrYvkVgb8[/youtube] (video uploaded: Thursday, January 28, 2010) Kaiser workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 5 will go on a limited duration strike on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at two Maui clinics, in an effort to fight for job security. Local 5 Spokesperson, Cade Watanabe said the walkout is part of a general […]
