Updated at 3:45 p.m., Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Pacific Beach Hotel workers to rally on Thursday
Advertiser Staff
Pacific Beach Hotel employees and representatives of their union will hold a rally at the hotel Thursday afternoon to demand that all workers be rehired after management of the hotel changes in December.The Waikiki hotel is owned by HTH Corp. and managed by Outrigger affiliate PBH Management LLC. But HTH Corp. announced last week that it will resume management of the hotel Dec. 1 through an affiliate, Pacific Beach Corp.
When Outrigger took over in January, HTH and PBH Management agreed that all employees would be rehired. Pacific Beach Corp. and HTH Corp. have not said whether they will do the same in December.
Many of the workers and their union, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, will march at the hotel from 4-5 p.m. to demand a "seamless" management transition back to HTH Corp.
The hotel's 535 employees have been without a contract since they voted three years ago to be represented by the ILWU.
