Sheraton Maui al lui Kyo-ya pedepsește 3 angajați pentru pliante de grevă

Just days after releasing a statement saying they’re “ready to welcome back” striking employees, Kyo-ya trespassed three Sheraton Maui workers, which bans them from the hotel property for one year.

Cei trei angajați împărțeau pliante către oaspeții din portul corchere al hotelului, informându-i despre greva care afectează hotelul lor și alte patru hoteluri din Hawaii. Securitatea a sunat la Departamentul de Poliție din Maui și i-a pus să-și încătușeze unul dintre muncitori, Bernie Sanchez, când au încercat să plece.

“We have a legal right to be on the hotel property to inform guests about why we are on strike and how this can impact them. Guests have been very understanding of our message that one job should be enough to live in Hawaii,” says Bernie Sanchez, a server at the Sheraton Maui, “I am very disappointed that Kyo-ya banned us when they claim to be so welcoming to workers.”

Since October 8, 2,700 Marriott hotel workers in Waikiki and Maui are on strike. The strike has been going on for eight days and impacts five hotels operated by Marriott and owned by Kyo-ya: Sheraton Waikiki, The Royal Hawaiian, Westin Moana Surfrider, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, and Sheraton Maui.

Workers will be picketing at all five hotels for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and are urging visitors and residents to support workers by not patronizing these hotels. The strike has made a significant impact on guest services. All five hotels have had to limit or eliminate guest services such as housekeeping, restaurants, pool services, and more.

Guests have complained that Marriott and Kyo-ya did not give them an advanced notice about the strikes. Upon arrival, guests are receiving letters from management about the limited guest services. Management is only offering compensation to impacted guests on a case-by-case basis.

Greva vine când Marriott și Kyo-ya nu au reușit să ajungă la un acord cu privire la cererea modestă a muncitorilor ca un singur loc să fie suficient, în ciuda lunilor de negocieri. Aceasta include aspecte cheie, cum ar fi securitatea locurilor de muncă în jurul tehnologiei și automatizării, siguranța la locul de muncă și necesitatea ca Marriott și Kyo-ya să compenseze lucrătorii, astfel încât un singur loc de muncă să poată fi suficient pentru ca lucrătorii să se întrețină singuri.

Waikiki and Maui Marriott workers are joining a nationwide strike totaling eight cities with 7,700 Marriott hotel workers from 23 hotels. Strikes began last week in Boston, San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, San Diego, and Detroit with thousands of workers are demanding that One Job Should Be Enough. Kyo-ya is the largest owner of Marriott hotels in all of the striking cities; in addition to the Hawaii hotels, they also own the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, which is also on strike. More cities may join the strikes at any moment: 8,300 UNITE HERE Marriott workers have authorized strikes in major U.S. tourism destinations.

UNITE AICI întreține MarriottTravelAlert.org, un serviciu pentru clienții hotelurilor Marriott care trebuie să știe dacă conflictele de muncă le-ar putea afecta planurile de călătorie sau evenimente.