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Justin and Angela hosted a coffee hour in Waianae to talk about affordable housing and AiKea’s campaign to stop illegal vacation rentals. This is just the start of the work we’re doing to organize the Leeward coast to build power in these communities. If you’d like to get involved with our organizing work, contact us.
AiKea stands for healthy communities that promote health as a basic, human right. Healthy communities recognize that giving and receiving care are fundamental aspects of living. We attended the FACE Long-Term Care Summit to support the work FACE is doing to advocate for long-term care in Hawai’i. In 2016, Hawaii’s legislators will have the chance […]
AiKea went to Leeward Community College’s Filipino Heritage Month celebration. We spoke to students, faculty, and staff about the workers at the Aston Waikiki Beach and Hotel Renew who are fighting for a fair process to decide whether to unionize. Many of these workers are of Filipina/o descent. Many posted photos on social media in […]
AiKea members were part of a panel on women workers & class struggle in Waikiki, hosted by UH Manoa Women’s Studies and moderated by Professor Monisha Das Gupta. Aina Iglesias, Lisa Grandinetti, Cecille Daniels, and Gemma Weinstein talk about the Aston Waikiki Beach and Hotel Renew workers who are fighting for a fair process to […]
Workers at the Aston Waikiki Beach and Hotel Renew are fighting for a fair process to decide whether to unionize. Over 150 people stood with them by rallying at the hotel. We blew bubbles because we don’t want Aston to blow away Hawaii’s future! View more photos on our Facebook page.
AiKea UH students are organizing for a better campus and a better Hawai’i. Watch the full episode on the ‘Olelo website.
Thanks to everyone who attended the 4th annual LaborFest Hawai’i! If you missed it, you can watch the panel discussion on labor and the Hawaiian movements with Eric Gill (Unite Here! Local 5) and Andre Perez (Movement for Aloha No ka ʻĀina (MANA)) here: http://livestream.com/…/102…/events/4371031/videos/100307874 (starts at 6:06).
This is how Aston Hotels & Resorts celebrates International Housekeeping Week: by kicking out someone who was giving roses to their workers. It’s International Housekeepers Week! Aikea at UH went to Aston Waikiki Beach and Hotel Renew and honored the housekeepers with red roses. These hotel workers have been fighting for a fair process to […]
Mahalo to everyone who attended our last (for now!) town hall on the housing crisis. Special thanks to our panelists Sarah, Alice, and Eric and to Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine for briefly speaking about your opposition to the sit-lie bills. Be on the lookout for updates and upcoming actions about our housing campaign!
Over 150 people came to our Interfaith Housing Fair, where we discussed our latest campaign for affordable housing. Thanks to Rev. Sam Domingo and all of the clergy who attended our fair, and thanks to our members who shared their testimony about how their faith drives them to fight for justice. We split everyone up […]