Advocates for a living wage will be asking our elected officials to deliver on their promises and pass a living wage bill in the 2021 legislative session. But we can’t do it without support from you.
It’s time to Raise Up Hawaiʻi
Every worker deserves a Living Wage.
All tagged UNITE HERE! Local 5
Teamsters, ILWU and Local 5 leaders ask House Speaker Scott Saiki to schedule a floor vote by Wednesday.
At $10.10 an hour, our low-income workers clearly do not have enough to buy food and pay rent—in short, to be “self-sufficient.”
Providing a $17 minimum living wage will help to restore the dignity for those who want to work hard and take care of their own.
It took the members of UNITE HERE! Local 5, 51 days to improve living conditions for themselves, their families—and by extension—all other hotel workers. There are 60 days in the upcoming legislative session that begins on January 16. Are the rest of us willing to make that same commitment to raising up all of Hawaiʻi?
