Marriott Strike: Day 10 bulletin

View PDF version of Marriott Strike Day 10 bulletin here.

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Keep strong, keep fighting on! Our picket lines have been solid. Support from community and guests keeps pouring in. We’ve been getting huge turnout to our #Relayfor1job

Lots of victories to report on:

• Our #Relayfor1job marched from Laie to Waimea. Turtle Bay Resort workers waved signs with us, supporting our strike.
• Plumbers and Fitters Union Local 675 moved their Membership Benefits Conference out of the Sheraton Waikiki to honor our strike!
• Strikers delegated the GM of Prince Waikiki after we learned that a banquet manager emailed employees about scabbing at the striking hotels. The GM disavowed this in an email to workers and in a letter to Eric Gill stating: “We are not encouraging or providing assistance to our employees to work at a struck property.”
• Local 5 filed an unfair labor practice charge against Sheraton Maui for trespassing 3 employees for leafletting.
• Hula and Tahitian dancers performed at each of our Waikiki picket lines to support our fight.

News coverage:

• KHON 2: “Turtle Bay Resort Local 5 workers support hotel workers’ strike efforts”
• Hawaii News Now: “Hotel workers strike could impact a a major convention and charity event”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser: “Marriott hotel workers strike for 2nd week”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser: “Strike by Marriott hotel workers leaves some guests grumbling”
• Pacific Business News: “No negotiations planned as Marriott hotel worker strike continues”
• Maui Now: “UNITE HERE Local 5 Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against Sheraton Maui”
• The Maui News: “Sheraton worker is handcuffed, banned for year”
• ThinkProgress: “Hawaiian hotel workers want better pay for state’s high cost of living”
• eTurboNews: “Unfair labor practice charge filed against Sheraton Maui for banning its employees”