Here are the top Local 5 News stories from the week of July 20, 2025.

In 2018 some 2,700 Local 5 workers at five Marriott-managed hotels went on a 51-day strike that ended with the ratification of a contract that gave union members up to $6.13 an hour in pay and ...

Local 5 represents 10,000 workers throughout Hawaii. It's an affiliate of UNITE HERE, an international union that reportedly represents over 250,000 workers in the U.S. and Canada.

STAR-ADVERTISER / SEPT. 1 Five thousand Local 5 members from seven Waikiki hotels and one Kauai hotel began a three-day strike in September after months of contract negotiations fell through.

Local 5 officials said a strike vote will be held Aug. 8, and if workers vote to authorize a strike, it could be held anytime.

Local 5 said that since 2019, “the U.S. hotel industry’s gross operating profit increased by 26.63 %, while hotel staffing decreased by 13 %.” ...

Local 5 had reporters and staff all over the scene on Friday again, capturing photos of some excited fans, great moments and plenty of cool outfits from the superfans in attendance, despite the rain.

Local 5 said Wednesday that most of its 8,000 hotel and 800 airport members haven’t returned to work. On Monday, Gov. David Ige delayed the start of a pre- arrivals testing program to Sept. 1 ...

Christina Harris, a member of the UAW Local 5 Union, says today's event is a reason she is proud to be a union member. "That's our biggest step with the union is getting more involved in finding out.