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Union workers rally at the Modern Honolulu hotel

By Bruce Asato

Sept. 17, 2019

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Unite Here Local 5 Financial Secretary-Treasurer Eric Gill gets on the megaphone to address visitors at the Modern Honolulu of the struggles of the union's membership, explaining why they were out on the pool deck and public easement of the hotel. Unite Here Local 5 held its annual statewide delegate convention attended by representatives from all Local 5 properties—hotels, airport, and healthcare workers. As part of the convention, roughly 200+ attendees plan to occupy the public easement within the Modern Honolulu hotel to show support to workers there and at the Kaanapali Beach Club. The union wants to put pressure on Diamond Resorts to settle contracts at the properties.
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Shayne Subia, worker at the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa, Waikiki Beach, joins fellow union members and supporters on the pool deck and public easement of the Modern Honolulu on Tuesday. Unite Here Local 5 held its annual statewide delegate convention attended by representatives from all Local 5 properties—hotels, airport, and healthcare workers. As part of the convention, roughly 200+ attendees plan to occupy the public easement within the Modern Honolulu hotel to show support to workers there and at the Kaanapali Beach Club. The union wants to put pressure on Diamond Resorts to settle contracts at the properties.
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Aina Iglesias, a union worker at the Doubletree Alana, waves her "One Job Should Be Enough" placard on Tuesday.
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Lisa Grandinetti gets the union members to chant in unison on the pool deck and public easement of the Modern Honolulu hotel on Tuesday.
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Union members and supporters stand on the pool deck and public easement of the Modern Honolulu hotel while shouting union slogans of solidarity on Tuesday.
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Christa Jacinto joined fellow union members and supporters on the pool deck of the Modern Honolulu hotel. They shouted union slogans of solidarity.
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A vocal group of union members of Unite Here Local 5 and supporters took to the pool deck at the Modern Honolulu hotel on Tuesday.
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Rey Lobusta, a worker at Kaiser Permanente, joins union members on Hobron Lane below the Modern Honolulu hotel on Tuesday.
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Union members and supporters make their way to the street level on Hobron Lane below the Modern Honolulu hotel on Tuesday.
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