State of the Unions
(Hawaii Business Magazine) – By Sterling Higa. Eric Gill, Local 5’s financial secretary-treasurer, says some hotels – especially those owned by offshore investors and real estate investment trusts – have refused to bargain over these conditions during the pandemic. He attributes their resistance to a divergence of interests between labor and owners. “The conflict of interest between hotel workers and hotel owners is a conflict between local people and global corporations that are just out to make money,” Gill says.