The UNITE HERE Local 5 hotel workers walkout was orchestrated in the middle of the tourism-heavy Labor Day weekend holiday. The strike, which began at 4 a.m. on Sunday, is expected to last three days.
The strike impacts one hotel on Kauai — Sheraton Kauai Resort — and seven hotels in Waikiki
The seven hotels in Waikiki are Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort & Spa, Moana Surfrider — a Westin Resort Spa, The Royal Hawaiian, A Luxury Collection Resort, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, Sheraton Waikiki and Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa.
The Local 5 walkout is the largest strike since 1990 when union workers from 11 hotels went on a 22-day strike. In 2018, some 2,700 Local 5 workers at five Marriott-managed hotels went on a 51-day strike that ended with the ratification of a contract that gave union members up to $6.13 an hour in pay and benefit increases over four years.
Thousands of other UNITE HERE workers in five U.S. cities also called strikes early Sunday morning.
