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Every Friday 6:30a – 7:30a Front of Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel (Kalakaua Ave. and Paoakalani Ave.) Do you believe that workers deserve respect? Rally in solidarity with the Aston Waikiki Beach and Hotel Renew workers every Friday from 6:30a-7:30a. They have been fighting for a fair process to decide whether to unionize, but management refuses. […]
AiKea attended the 1st annual Great Malunggay Festival and Parade in Waipahu on April 2. We are proud to support this event, which honors our plantation roots and supports future generations. Sakadas (Filipino plantation workers) arrived in Hawai’i 100 years ago. Hawaii’s plantation economy was built on their struggle and sacrifice. Today, tourism has replaced […]
We wish this were a joke… but Aston Waikiki Beach and Hotel Renew workers have been fighting for over a year for a fair process to decide whether to unionize, and management refuses. We will never stop fighting in solidarity with them until they get the respect they deserve! View more photos on our Facebook […]
Saturday, April 2, 2016 9:30a-5:30p UNITE HERE Local 5 (1516 S King St. Honolulu, HI 96826) Do you want to see change, but the people around you are apathetic? We’re hosting a workshop on how to move people to action! Breakfast and lunch provided. For more information, email [email protected].
Friday, April 1, 2016 1:00p University of Hawai’i at Manoa – Saunders Hall, 442 (2424 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822) The University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Graduate Student Sociological Association is hosting an event “Labor and Social Movements in Hawai’i,” as part of their Sociology on the Ground Speaker Series. It will feature AiKea organizer […]
This is our last chance to submit testimony on HB 1850 HD1 SD1! It is going to be heard by the Senate’s Ways and Means Committee TOMORROW (Tuesday, March 29) at 9:15a. No oral testimony will be taken, but written testimony can still be submitted today. Tell corporations like Airbnb to SHARE BETTER! Please submit […]
HB1850 HD1 has crossed over to the Senate floor and it already has another hearing coming up on Thursday, March 17 at 9:30a at the State Capitol Conference Room 229. This bill will allow companies like Airbnb, which advertises vacation rentals, to shield themselves and illegal vacation rental operators using their services from regulatory scrutiny […]
Apply for the Organizing Beyond Barriers summer internship, a nationally coordinated program by UNITE HERE! The OBB program strives to link up the workers’ rights movement with the student movement, the LGBTQ movement, the immigrants’ rights movement and all other movements that struggle and work for social justice. AiKea’s OBB program will run for 8 […]
AiKea student organizers from Mililani High and Waipahu High are meeting with state legislators about getting AC in our schools. They met with Rep. Roy Takumi and Rep. Takashi Ohno (pictured here), who chair and vice-chair the House’s Education Committee, respectively. They’re learning how to organize their classmates and demand more from our politicians!
Our very first International Women’s Day event was a huge success! Around 200 people attended; it was a diverse group of working people, high school students, college students. We heard great stories about the challenges women have overcome. UH Manoa Professor Monisha Das Gupta spoke about the connections between women’s issues, labor, and immigration. Dolores […]