You’re rebounding, so rehire, union tells Hawaii hoteliers

Hawaii hotels are enjoying rising occupancy and charging higher rates while neglecting the staffing that guests deserve and laid-off workers need, the state’s largest hospitality union contends. “The hotels and the hotel corporations have used the pandemic as an excuse to achieve other long-term gains in terms of gains for them in terms of eliminating jobs to decrease their payroll costs and increase their profit margin — despite the fact that the hotels are very busy as we speak,” says Eric Gill of Unite Here! Local 5.