Unite Here! Local 5

Unite Here! Local 5 Now named UNITE HERE, Local 5 continues to be a key player in the International Union’s strategies and campaigns.

From the earliest days of Hawaii’s tourist industry, our union has led Hawaii hotel workers to fight for good, secure jobs with a future, in an industry where most workers around the world work below the poverty line. Chartered in 1938 by the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union, Local 5 has remained one of the International Union’s most important and successful local

unions ever since. Just as in the hotel industry, Local 5 members in Kaiser Permanente set the highest standard for wages and benefits in Hawaii’s health care industry, benefiting not only our members, but also all local health care workers. Since the 1950s, Local 5′s health care membership has grown to about 2,000 members — a large and important part of Local 5′s membership. Throughout our history, Local 5 has maintained a reputation for aggressive advocacy and powerful servicing on behalf of our members, and hard-hitting negotiations campaigns that deliver what our members need. That reputation for building power on behalf of our members enabled Local 5 to grow from a few hundred members up to the current 10,000 members.

VICTORY 🎉 Congratulations Ilikai Hotel workers on ratifying their new contract today! When we fight, WE WIN 💪
06/26/2026

VICTORY 🎉 Congratulations Ilikai Hotel workers on ratifying their new contract today! When we fight, WE WIN 💪

Congratulations DoubleTree Alana workers on ratifying their new contract with 100% voting YES 🎉 Nearly Local 5 members a...
06/15/2026

Congratulations DoubleTree Alana workers on ratifying their new contract with 100% voting YES 🎉 Nearly Local 5 members across Waikiki have now secured the standard won by Hilton strikers in 2024. One Union! One Standard!

Health cuts kill ‼️ Yesterday, over 100 Local 5 members, other local health care unions, and community leaders were at t...
06/07/2026

Health cuts kill ‼️ Yesterday, over 100 Local 5 members, other local health care unions, and community leaders were at the Hawaii State Capitol demanding accountability from elected officials regarding the massive $1 trillion cuts to the nation’s healthcare infrastructure as

As part of the Seven Days in June national campaign, candlelight vigils in cities across the U.S. and Hawaii were held to honor those already lost and the millions more whose lives are at risk if funding is not restored.

Learn more at SevenDaysInJune.org

✨Celebrating AAPI Heritage MonthMeet Preston👋🏼 Santae, a Housekeeper at Hilton Hawaiian Village and member of UNITE HERE...
06/04/2026

✨Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month

Meet Preston👋🏼 Santae, a Housekeeper at Hilton Hawaiian Village and member of UNITE HERE Local 5
🗣️“Being in the Union gives me a chance to pave the way for other Chuukese and Pacific Islanders to see that we don’t have to be treated unfairly and we don’t have to accept discrimination just because we are a minority. It gives me hope for a better future for my kids, my community, and the rest of the Pacific Island nations.”

06/04/2026

Join us THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 5th from 6:30-7:30pm at the Hawaii State Capitol (415 S. Beretania st) for a Candlelight Vigil 🕯️We will honor those who have lost their lives from lack of access to healthcare and who will be at risk because of the $1 trillion in healthcare cuts coming later this year.

Stand with us alongside other unions, doctors, advocates, and healthcare workers like CNA Mildred Diego across the U.S. and Hawaii who are all holding lawmakers

🔗Go to SevenDaysinJune.org to learn more

At the Hilton Hawaiian Village Tropics and WikiWiki Market, along with Culinary & Beverage employees, we signed a petiti...
05/19/2026

At the Hilton Hawaiian Village Tropics and WikiWiki Market, along with Culinary & Beverage employees, we signed a petition calling on the company to manage their managers. We want to hold them accountable for knowing how to do their jobs, just as they are quick to do to the union employees. We will not let them disrespect us!

On Friday, June 5 at 6:30pm, our community is coming together for a candlelight vigil at the Hawaii State Capitol to hon...
05/15/2026

On Friday, June 5 at 6:30pm, our community is coming together for a candlelight vigil at the Hawaii State Capitol to honor lives already lost from healthcare cuts, and to stand for the millions more at risk if funding isn’t restored.

Urgent care workers like Jet in Maui know that with greater access to preventative care, patients can stay out of their clinic!

That’s why workers are endorsing Seven Days in June, a national call to elevate health as a governing priority.

Learn more: sevendaysinjune.org

ACTION ALERT ⚠️ Behind every slashed health budget is a human life. On Friday, June 5 at 6:30pm, our community is coming...
05/15/2026

ACTION ALERT ⚠️ Behind every slashed health budget is a human life. On Friday, June 5 at 6:30pm, our community is coming together for a candlelight vigil at the Hawaii State Capitol to honor lives already lost from healthcare cuts, and to stand for the millions more at risk if funding isn’t restored.

Congress passed over $1 trillion in healthcare cuts last year and deliberately delayed them until after the midterms to keep voters in the dark. From June 1 through 7, organizations and advocates across the country are hosting town halls, rallies, forums, and candlelight vigils.

➡️Go to sevendaysinjune.org/event/52 to register and learn more

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