(The Guardian) – By Drew Philp. In eight cities across the US, almost 8,000 Marriott hotel employees are walking picket lines demanding better wages, workplace safety, and a seat at the table for technology changes in the latest strike organized among America’s low-wage workers.
(Dawn Morais) – By Dawn Morais. You can’t tiptoe towards justice. You can’t walk up to the door all polite and knock once or twice, hoping someone’s home. Justice is a door, that, when closed, must be kicked in. Daniel José Older in Jesmyn Ward’s The Fire This Time.
(PubClub) – By Kevin Wilkerson. A friend of mine in Hawaii objected to me posting this story about a hotel workers strike affecting bars and restaurants and guest services in Waikiki Beach.
(Maui Time) – By Axel Beers. October is Filipino-American History Month, and that means more than just competing in the annual balut eating contest. On Oct. 1, Mayor Arakawa, the County of Maui, and the Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce kicked off the month by raising the Filipino flag at the county building. Several restaurants provided food for the public in attendance, which was just a preview of the cultural celebration held at Ka‘ahumanu Mall last weekend during the Maui Fil-Am Heritage Festival. But for 325 workers on strike at Sheraton Maui Resort and Spa, participating in a continual component of Filipino-American history takes a much more dire form – resistance.
(Pacific Business News) – By Katie Murar. Kitchen employees in five United Airlines cities, including Honolulu, have voted to unionize with Unite Here, adding 2,700 workers to the union.
(Honolulu Star-Advertiser) – By Allison Schaefers. United Airlines food workers have voted to join Unite Here, adding 2,700 national members to the union, including 140 new Honolulu workers.