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Royal Kona Resort workers ratify union contract

Royal Kona Resort workers ratified their union contract with a 100% yes vote. Workers fought hard for the past year and a half to demand good quality jobs in Kona and all of Hawai’i Island. As a result, they got a great contract with:

  • wage and benefit increases
  • improved job security language against the subcontracting of jobs and in the event of foreclosure and bankruptcy
  • housekeeping workload has been reduced from 17 rooms to 15 rooms,
  • join the HARIETT training program

About UNITE HERE Local 5
Local 5 represents 10,000 workers throughout Hawaii who work in the hospitality, health care and food service industries and is an affiliate of UNITE HERE, an international union that represents over 250,000 workers throughout the U.S. and Canada.