(Hawaii News Now) – By Chelsea Davis. WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow) – More than 2,700 hotel workers are on strike at five Waikiki properties. The Local 5 strike, which began at 5 a.m., impacts five hotels operated by Marriott and owned by Kyo-ya: Sheraton Waikiki, The Royal Hawaiian, Westin Moana Surfrider, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani and Sheraton Maui.
(KHON 2) – By Sara Mattison. About 2,700 Marriott hotel workers on Oahu and Maui went on strike Monday, and the union representing them says they won’t go back to work until contract talks are done.
(Pacific Business News) – By Katie Murar. Unite Here Local 5 announced that as of 5 a.m. Monday, 2,700 hotel workers are on strike at hotels on Oahu and Maui.
(Balitang American) – By Lalaine Ignao. HONOLULU, HI — More than 8,000 members of Unite Here, the union that represents hotel workers, voted to strike at Marriott International properties where contracts have expired, in various locations all over the U.S. — including Oahu and Maui.
(Honolulu Civil Beat) – By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of housekeepers, cooks and other workers at Marriott-affiliated hotels went on strike in San Francisco and San Jose on Thursday after months of negotiations for job security, a wage increase and what unions call work overloads.
(KITV 4) – HONOLULU (KITV) – Unite here local 5! represents workers at six of Hawaii’s Marriott hotels, and has been in the middle of contract negotiations.