AP Technology News AP Stock Quotes Search by ticker symbol, abbreviation from The Advertiser or company name Ticker Abrv. According to Local 142 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, the hotel is training the workers to take over housekeeping duties in the event of a longer walkout. Royal Lahaina officials said they are offering a pay and benefit package superior to those offered by other Maui hotels of the same size. The union says that despite a boom in tourism, the hotel won't restore wage cuts the employees agreed to during leaner years in the 1990s. The two sides last met Feb. 15.
Negotiations are on hold while management responds to a union request for information.
The contract expired May 31. Union members voted Feb. 2 to suspend the contract. The Honolulu Advertiser, a division of Gannett Co .