DENNIS ODA / NOV. 7
Striking hotel workers protest in front of Honolulu Hale on Day 31 of the hotel strike. The strike reached the 50-day mark Monday.
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Striking Hawaii hotel workers and the ownership and management groups of the properties where they work resumed bargaining Monday following an eight-day hiatus.
The strike, which hit 50 days on Monday, 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.
It’s the longest-running hotel workers strike in Hawaii since a 1970 neighbor island strike lasted about 70 days.
Unite Here reached a tentative agreement several weeks ago with Marriott on national issues such as job safety and security and automation and technology. However, Local 5 is still striking primarily for higher wages.
Kyo-ya and Marriott declined to provide updates. Local 5 was unable to respond to a request for immediate information.