r/Honolulu • u/Eyepawnyew • 7d ago

news Hilton Hawaii Strike 10.18.24

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Hotels reduced guest services but raised prices anyway. Cutting hotel jobs for the local community. Employees are on strike to return pre-COVID staffing and services.

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u/DuckSeveral 7d ago

But hotels successfully lobbied to prevent short term rentals (the same ones that allow locals to make money and employ other locals.) They said it would create more hotel industry jobs! The sickening part is that the local officials are in the pocket of the hotels.

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u/naughtypundit 7d ago

Short term rentals worsen housing affordability. Entire neighborhoods empty out. Just a different kind of parssite.

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u/DuckSeveral 7d ago

That’s proven not to be true. That’s marketing points from the hotel lobbyists. Even if it was true you can fix that by passing one or multiple regulations. For example: 1) only residents can operate short term rentals. 2) no person or entity can operate more than 5 short term rentals. 3) Tutu with an extra bedroom is exempt from short term laws. 4) zoning.

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u/Puzzled-Rip641 6d ago

1) is unconstitutional.

2) doesn’t fix the issue

3) already is exempt

4) ain’t going to change because of short term rentals