With 2,700 workers from five hotels walking the picket line Monday, the Unite Here Local 5 work stoppage becomes one of the largest hotel strikes in Hawaii history even as it is part of a larger job action against Marriott properties in cities across the mainland.

The largest Hawaii hotel strike occurred in March 1990, when 7,500 employees at 11 major properties — eight on Oahu and three on the neighbor islands — walked off their jobs for 22 days.

The strike affected workers at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki, Ilikai, Kahala Hilton, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Sheraton Moana Surfrider, Princess Kaiulani, Royal Hawaiian and Sheraton Waikiki, plus the Sheraton Maui, Sheraton Kauai and Kona Hilton.

Led by Tony Rutledge, the son of legendary Hawaii labor leader Art Rutledge, the striking workers were seeking to protect pension benefits, raise their pay and win other benefits. The hotels were offering annual raises of 45 cents per hour for non-tipped employees and 15 cents per hour for tipped workers.

According to newspaper accounts, picketing crowded sidewalks and caused traffic jams in front of the targeted hotels, and the resorts brought in temporary workers and deployed managers and other staff to fill in as best they could.

At the Sheraton Waikiki, 140 non-union employees were trying to do what 960 union workers did, and three of the four restaurants were closed. Some properties were offering 20 percent discounts to offset cutbacks in service and restaurant closures.

No violence was reported.

Even as big as the labor action was, tourism officials were quick to point out that it affected only 16 percent of the state’s hotel rooms. They urged tourists to not cancel their Hawaii vacations.

In the end, the workers won 35 percent pay increase for non-tipped employees. Tipped employees received a 20-cent hourly raise the first year, a 15-cent raise the following three years, and 20 cents an hour in the last year. The settlement also included protections from strip searches, a 401(k) plan and other premiums for extra work.

Both the strikers and hotels suffered during the three-week walkout. Strikers were said to be able to recoup their lost pay in about six months.

Other notable hotel strikes in Hawaii history:

>> In January 2013 a settlement was reached in the bitter 10-year strike of the Pacific Beach Hotel featuring mass firings and accusations of intimidation and unfair labor practices.

>> In October 1970, 2,000 neighbor island hotel workers represented by International Longshore and Warehouse Union went out for 75 days.

>> In 1966, Local 5 members walked off jobs at the Ilikai Hotel in Waikiki for 57 days.

>> In 1963, Local 5 members at the Halekulani Hotel in Waikiki went on strike.