Unite Here Local 5 marks union’s longest running Hawaii hotel strike in nearly three decades

The Unite Here Local 5 hotel workers strike, which has become the union’s longest running Hawaii hotel strike in nearly three decades, is now a month old.

Workers marked the 31st day of their strike Wednesday by picketing in front of Honolulu Hale.

The strike began Oct. 8 when negotiations between Local 5 and Kyo-ya, which owns the Marriott-­managed Sheraton Waikiki, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Westin Moana Surfrider, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani and Sheraton Maui, reached an impasse.

Local 5, which represents 2,700 striking hotel workers in Hawaii, and Kyo-ya Hotels &Resorts were at the bargaining table on Saturday but emerged without a new contract.

Representatives from the local unit also are bargaining with Marriott, which manages the Kyo-ya hotels. Bargaining will resume today and Friday.

Kyo-ya and Marriott declined to provide updates.

Local 5 members picketing at Honolulu Hale on Wednesday also called for the developer of two proposed residential towers on Kapiolani Boulevard, known as Sky Ala Moana, to make more of its units affordable.