more than 5,000 Hawaii hotel workers strike this Labor Day weekend Hawaii hotel workers represented by Unite Here Local 5 are on a limited 3-day strike which impacts seven hotels in W Kei and one on Kawaii workers say after months of contract negotiations with their employers they are far from agreeing to Solutions those include wages that keep up with inflation proper Staffing and fair workloads as well as the reversal of Co era cuts to Guest Services I'm not going to be able to survive in Hawaii with my kids unless we get a decent contract that's going to help us with Staffing and that's going to help us get decent wages so that I can live here I'm Hawaiian this is my this is my AA and I'm scared that I'm going to have to move like all the other Hawaiians because corporations don't want to pay us what we're worth the hotels say while negotiations continue they have plans in place so that operations and guest service are not impacted strike will mostly affect housekeeping and food and beverage services this is the largest strike of Hawaii hotel workers since 1990