About 50 retired hotel workers plan to rally on Ala Moana Boulevard near Nordstrom Shoes in support of building a city transit system and routing it to Waikiki.

The rally is planned at 10 a.m. tomorrow The workers plan to wear red Hotel Workers Rising shirts with signs that read: "Transit Now, Waikiki Yes"

The union represents about 6,000 hotel workers in Waikiki, of which a growing majority now reside outside of Honolulu's urban core. UNITE HERE Local 5 officials said the union is organizing this action to bring attention to the needs of Hawai'i's working families.

A spokesman said: "Thousands of hotel and other service industry workers employed in Waikiki face increased difficulties with employee parking in Waikiki and spend hours commuting to work each day."

The current system backed by Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann ends at Ala Moana and does not continue to Waikiki.

The union said: "As the debate around rail becomes increasingly politicized, we must not forget that the issue of bringing about solutions to our transit problem is not so much political as it is a question of improving our quality of lives, and that means supporting a solution that can get workers from where they live to where they work or go to school."