(Hawaii Public Radio) – By Catherine Cruz. Negotiators for Marriott and the hotel workers are meeting on the mainland to try and end a strike that is into its 3rd week. One of the concerns raised by the union is automation. Honolulu Civil Beat examines that issue in a story today. Reporter Stewart Yerton joins us to explain.
(KHON 2) – By Kristine Uyeno. HONOLULU (KHON2) – Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono is back on Oahu, talking about national and local issues.
(The New York Times) – By Karen Schwartz. Edna Garcia saved for two years to afford her Hawaiian holiday, an 18-day splurge with two cousins. They all needed to recharge. There had been caregiving, and the loss of their mothers, and one cousin’s bout with advanced breast cancer.
(Honolulu Civil Beat) – By Stewart Yerton. When Boram Shin’s bosses at the Sheraton Waikiki sent her to a special training session, it wasn’t exactly reassuring. Marriott International had just acquired Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which manages the Sheraton, and the training focused on how to use a new mobile check-in app.
(Hawaii News Now) – By HHN Staff. WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow) – Monday marks the 22nd day of the hotel workers strike in Waikiki and Maui.
(Labor Press) – By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—More than 1,000 striking Marriott hotel workers and supporters marched in San Francisco Oct. 20 as the eight-city national strike against the chain entered its third week. “I’m fighting for my rights, for my daughter, for good benefits and pay,” cook Elizabeth Jimenez told the San Francisco Examiner.