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Breaking news to the writer of the article - the hotels already have unions - if the hotel unions want to be like professional team sports unions - they can strike over the issue.
There was no claim that hotel workers were not unionized, rather an unfavorable comparison was made to player's unions in professional sports.
The writer concludes that the profits split is grossly unbalanced in this industry, without providing any numbers.
Raising taxes on tourists is easy, right? If car and hotel rental rates continue to rise, tourism numbers are likely to self "correct" downwards.
There was no claim that hotel workers were not unionized, rather an unfavorable comparison was made to player's unions in professional sports.
The writer concludes that the profits split is grossly unbalanced in this industry, without providing any numbers.
The writer goes into overreach mode saying it should be legislated regarding splits of hotel profits and employees (and I can't imagine that would be legal anyway).
If the split is grossly unbalanced - the unions could strike over the issue. That is the recourse.
I live North of Ka'anapali, and we just spent well over a $million dollars to reinforce our seawall. On the bright side, our beach has the highest sand level in 6-7 years.
I live North of Ka'anapali, and we just spent well over a $million dollars to reinforce our seawall. On the bright side, our beach has the highest sand level in 6-7 years.
Good luck. I hope the level of your sand stays there for a while.
All the manmade beaches in Hawaii are susceptible to beach erosion and is a common event.....so a beach like Kaanapali and Waikiki are always going to be in constant need of replenishment. Those beaches just weren't meant to be there.
Type Maui Beach Erosion 2 into google and it'll list out all the various in the 2000's it was a news story - same thing with Maui Beach 199 for the 1990's
I live North of Ka'anapali, and we just spent well over a $million dollars to reinforce our seawall. On the bright side, our beach has the highest sand level in 6-7 years.
Easy solution, just be like Da Big Island and rebrand your beaches as "Magic Sands".
Maui recently passed a law banning ALL chemical sunscreens. The law went into effect yesterday and allows fines of up to $1,000. Only mineral sunscreens (physical) are now allowed.
Chemical sunscreens are easiest to apply (spray/gel/cream).
Physical sunscreens (zinc oxide/titanium dioxide) require a lot more effort to spread evenly and often require the assistance of another person for hard-to-reach areas . Most of them leave a white film on skin, and can exacerbate acne, Rosacea, etc.
Maui recently passed a law banning ALL chemical sunscreens. The law went into effect yesterday and allows fines of up to $1,000. Only mineral sunscreens (physical) are now allowed.
Nobody is going to fine a tourist for using a chemical sunscreen.
From KHON: “So, it’s not like we have the sunscreen police driving around, looking at people’s sunscreens and reading labels,”
All this means is the retailers need to sell different sunscreen locally.
I saw the new zinc oxide sprays yesterday at Costco and Walmart. I sprayed a bit on my arm and started rubbing. It was like spreading white glue on my arm. Yuck!
Fortunately, I still have plenty of the chemical sprays I can use when I'm in the sun, but not in the ocean.
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