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Hawaii’s lodging industry workers missing out, expert says

  • CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                ”<strong>Everything goes up, but the wages didn’t go up to match everything else.”</strong>
                                <strong>Jason Maxwell</strong>
                                <em>Bartender, Waikiki Beach Marriott, pictured above at the Unite Here Local 5 office in downtown Honolulu</em>

    CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

    Everything goes up, but the wages didn’t go up to match everything else.”

    Jason Maxwell

    Bartender, Waikiki Beach Marriott, pictured above at the Unite Here Local 5 office in downtown Honolulu

Spending is up only if you own a hotel, not if you work there, says economist Paul Brewbaker, principal of TZ Economics. Read more

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