Pacific Beach Hotel and union reach deal

The first contract ends a long legal fight and allows management to move forward

By Allison Schaefers

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 15, 2013

~~<p>Workers represented by the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 142 have ratified their first contract with management at Pacific Beach Hotel, ending more than a decade of acrimonious legal battles that went nearly all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.</p>
<p>About half of the hotel's 300-member workforce voted on the new four-year contract, which was ratified Thursday, Wesley Furtado, ILWU International vice president-Hawaii, said Monday at a news conference. Only one voter cast a ballot against the contract, Furtado said.</p>
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Workers represented by the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 142 have ratified their first contract with management at Pacific Beach Hotel, ending more than a decade of acrimonious legal battles that went nearly all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

About half of the hotel's 300-member workforce voted on the new four-year contract, which was ratified Thursday, Wesley Furtado, ILWU International vice president-Hawaii, said Monday at a news conference. Only one voter cast a ballot against the contract, Furtado said. Login for more...