Picket lines went up at the 3,600-room Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki on Thursday as 1,500 union workers at the largest resort in Hawaii went on a five-day strike over a contract dispute.
The union issued a statement that said the strike was in protest of Hilton's efforts "to lock workers into cheap recession contracts."
Meanwhile, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, which has a meeting scheduled at the resort on Nov. 14-17 with 5,100 registrants, said it will cancel the event if there is potential for a strike during their stay.
