Day 4 of the worker strike at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki included two additional community events that Local 5 members participated in. Lauren Ballesteros, member of All the Worlds a Stage – a local theatre company – and Local 5 community organizer, worked with members to organize a photo shoot themed around workers’ struggle. Local 5 strikers posed in their favorite costumes below.
Ms. Deanna Espinas of the Filipino American Historical Society of Hawaii also joined our picket lines as part of an oral history project documenting the stories of our striking workers. Deanna was joined by Melinda Tria Kerkvliet, Ph.D.
You can see some photos from the day on our Facebook page.
As we continued to show energy on the line, our union also took time to remember our sisters and brothers who we lost on September 11, 2001 – our 43 sisters and brothers at the Windows on the World restaurant on the North Tower of the World Trade Center.