"It's very important to me to be able to raise my children here and get them familiar with their ancestral home, because our blood is here, our family is here. We deserve to be here."
"Hospitality work overall is undervalued, and it's not a coincidence that it's disproportionately women and people of color doing the work," said Union President Gwen Mills.
"The strikes are part of a long-standing battle to secure family-sustaining compensation for service workers on par with more traditionally male-dominated industries," Mills added.
"Nearly half of the striking workers, or 5,000, are in Honolulu, illustrating the critical impact of these strikes on workers' livelihoods in key tourist locations."
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