Posted at 5:11 p.m., Saturday, July 22, 2006
Union OKs Turtle Bay Resort contract
Advertiser Staff
Employees at Turtle Bay Resort voted overwhelmingly today for a new four-year contract after years of negotiation between Unite Here! Local 5 and Benchmark Hospitality, the company that manages Turtle Bay Resort.Nearly 400 bargaining unit employees are affected by the new agreement. A tentative agreement was reached Thursday and the contract was ratified at a meeting today at Sunset Christian School.
Details of the contract were not immediately available.
"Our members are happy with the agreement and we are pleased to welcome all our valued guests back to the resort," said Eric Gill, secretary treasurer of the Unite Here! Local 5.
The agreement ends the union's consumer boycott of the resort.
"This agreement is a win-win outcome for both the employees and the hotel, and it creates a solid foundation on which to build our future together as one ohana," said Bob Boyle, managing director of Turtle Bay Resort.
The official signing of the contract will take place at the resort August 1.
