Unfair labor practice charge filed against Sheraton Maui for banning its employees

Local 5 has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Sheraton Maui, alleging violations of federal labor law against three Sheraton Maui employees. Just days after Kyo-ya released a statement saying they’re “ready to welcome back” striking employees, management at the hotel – owned by Kyo-ya and operated by Marriott – trespassed three Sheraton Maui workers, which bans them from the hotel property for one year.

The unfair labor practice charge states that on October 12, Sheraton Maui “interfered with, restrained and coerced employees… by telling employees that they were not permitted to distribute leaflets to customers, causing an employee to be detained and handcuffed, evicting the employees from the Employer’s property, banning employees from hotel property for one year and thereby constructively discharging them, and threatening employees with arrest and prosecution if they remained on or returned to the property.”

Ma’aikatan ukun sun mika takarda ga bakin da ke cikin otal din porte corchere, suna sanar da su yajin aikin da ya shafi otal din nasu da wasu otal hudu a Hawaii. Jami’an tsaro sun kira ‘Yan sandan Maui inda suka daure su da mari daya daga cikin ma’aikatan, Bernie Sanchez, a lokacin da suka yi yunkurin ficewa.

“By banning us from Sheraton Maui for one year, they’re basically firing us,” says Roel Lizada, a Sheraton Maui bell & valet worker who was one of the three workers passing out leaflets, “I am very disappointed in Kyo-ya, especially when they’re claiming that they want to welcome workers back. I’m glad Local 5 filed this charge and is standing up for our rights.”

Since October 8, 2,700 Marriott hotel workers in Waikiki and Maui are on strike. The strike has been going on for nine days and impacts five hotels operated by Marriott and owned by Kyo-ya: Sheraton Waikiki, The Royal Hawaiian, Westin Moana Surfrider, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, and Sheraton Maui.

Yajin aikin na zuwa ne a daidai lokacin da Marriott da Kyo-ya suka kasa cimma matsaya kan bukatar ma'aikata na cewa Aiki daya ya isa ya isa, duk da tattaunawar da aka kwashe watanni ana yi. Wannan ya haɗa da mahimman batutuwa kamar tsaro na aiki a kusa da fasaha da sarrafa kansa, amincin wurin aiki, da buƙatar Marriott da Kyo-ya don rama ma'aikata ta yadda aiki ɗaya zai iya isa ga ma'aikata su tallafa wa kansu.

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