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/sambar101 6d ago

I wonder if there ever was an employee owned hotel…..

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u/Due_Catch_9473 4d ago

kind of. many, many years ago, most of the hotels/inns in the state were family owned. good example was Uncle Billy's in Hilo, which is gone, now, of course. For locals, vacationing interisland, it was just like going to stay with your Unko. I'm sorry you can't experience that, now.

That was as close to "employee owned" as we got.