Originally Posted by
BSpeaker
Update about 15 min ago - Strike looks like it was settled. They are voting on it right now until 7:30 pm Hawaii time today.
https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/...th-kyo-ya.html
Upside, it's over. Downside, now all hotels islandwide will have to increase their pay and benefits to match or face their own strikes. That means you can kiss all your sweet hotel deals good bye. When it costs upwards of $100,000 a year per housekeeper for the wages and benefits packages, your only bet will be to get a local drivers license and qualify for "Kamaiiana rates" -- which is how they make sure locals still get to travel to see auntie and uncle on the neighbor island.
That's very disappointing. I was hoping Kyo-ya would continue to stand up. The fully loaded cost of a housekeeper at Hawaii properties is absurd. That doesn't take into account the cost of work rules. The long run is that hotels will continue to seek to reduce labor costs.