On a ʻāhuehue Ma ke awakea Poaono ma ka Hotele Westin St. Francis o Kapalakiko, aia a hoʻopilikia ʻē aʻe ma ka helu hōʻoia. A Ua hoʻokokoke nā kāne kāne male ʻole i ka pākaukau mua e nīnau e pili ana i ka nānā ʻana i ka hōkele. Ma hope o ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ka mea hoʻokipa no kekahi manawa, ua hoʻōho koke kekahi o nā wahine i kāna wahine, i loko a ʻO ka leo i lawe ʻia ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke keʻena, "E ka mea aloha, ua ʻike wau ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke noho ma ʻaneʻi, aia kēia hōkele ma lalo o ka boycott!" Huli koke kona hoa a kani i ke mele: “Oh-oh-oh-oh-NO! ʻō-ʻō-ʻō! Paʻa mākou a hotele ino!"
I kona hīmeni ʻana, hui pū nā poʻe mai nā wahi a pau o ke keʻena. Ke hele nei lākou mai waho o ka cafe a ma waho o kēlā me kēia kihi a lākou i ʻākoakoa ai me ka hīmeni ʻana. Nui ka pihoihoi o na malihini hōkele. a Ua hoʻomaka ke mele flash mob a me ka hula! Ua helu ʻia ma waena o lākou a ka bana keleawe, ka puana kani, ka pahu, ka susaphones, a me na pu nunui, e hoopiha ana i ke keena me ka leo, oiai he mau kakini o ka poe hula e mele ana ma ka piko o ko lakou mau mama.
E hoʻokani ana ka hui i ke mele a Lady Gaga "Bad Romance" i kākau hou ʻia e ʻōlelo, "Mai hopu ʻoe i loko. a hotel maikaʻi ʻole!" Ua kāhea ʻia ka hanana e huki i ka manaʻo a boycott i kāhea ʻia e nā limahana o ka hōkele e hakakā nei no ka lanakila a ʻaelike kūpono a me ka mālama ola kino. Hoʻokomo ka poʻe hoʻoikaika ʻo Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer i ke mele a me ka hula a ala noʻonoʻo e haʻi aku i nā haneli haneli o ka poʻe LGBTQ mai nā ʻāina āpau e hele mai ana i Kapalakiko i Iune no Pride e hoʻohanohano i ka mea hana i kapa ʻia ʻo boycott.
A huikau a leʻaleʻa ka ʻaha kanaka e nānā i ka poʻe hula e hoʻomau ana i ka hoʻōho ʻana: "Kūkā! Boycott! Ua wela ka pono o nā limahana!" Ma hope o ka helu hula ua hoʻomaha ka bana no ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kekahi o nā mea hoʻonohonoho hanana on ka pepeiaohao bipi. "Aia mākou e haʻi i nā poʻe i kāhea ʻia e nā limahana a ka hoole ana i keia hotele. Ke hoʻouna nei mākou a ʻōlelo i nā hui hōkele ʻo ke kaiāulu kāne he kumu koʻikoʻi o nā kālā mākaʻikaʻi a ke kākoʻo nei mākou i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o nā limahana," wahi a Jane Martin. e hele mai i Kapalakiko i Iune no ka hoʻolauleʻa Pride, e kākoʻo i nā limahana a me ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka hokele hokele."
Ma luna o 9,000 mau limahana hōkele o Kapalakiko e hana ana me ka ʻole a ʻaelike mai ka waena o ʻAukake 2009 ma kekahi mau Hyatt, Hilton, Starwood, a me InterContinental Hotels ma ka Mokupuni ʻo San Francisco Bay. Ma hope o ka ho'āʻo pinepine ʻana i ke kūkākūkā ʻana, ke hōʻole ʻia nei kēia mau limahana i ka mālama olakino maikaʻi a kiʻekiʻe. ʻOiai ʻo ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā ma kēia mau hui multinational. Ua loaʻa i ka Starwood Corporation he $180 miliona ma ka loaʻa kālā i loko o nā mahina ʻeiwa mua o 2009. Ua loaʻa ka Hyatt Corporation i $950 miliona no ka mea nona ka hapa nui - ʻo ka ʻohana Pritzker, a ua hoʻolaha hou aku ʻo Hilton Hotels i loaʻa iā lākou he $ 12.6 biliona i loaʻa kālā e hoʻokomo i nā kiʻekiʻe hou. ʻoihana waiwai i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
Hoʻoholo e lanakila i ka mālama olakino kūpono no lākou iho a me ko lākou ʻohana, ua hana nā limahana ma kēia mau hōkele i ka hana paʻakikī o ke kāhea ʻana. a ka hookiekie ana i ko lakou mau wahi hana. Ua kāhea kūhelu nā limahana a ʻO ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o Hyatt Fisherman's Wharf, Grand Hyatt, Le Meridien, The Palace, Westin St. Francis, Hilton (ma O'Farrell), a me ka W Hotel, me ka nui o nā hōkele i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohui ʻia i kēia papa inoa i ke kokoke ʻana o ke kauwela.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Leo Volobrynskyy, kahi kikowaena ʻahaʻaina hōkele o ka hōkele, "Ke noi nei mākou i ke kaiāulu LGBT e kākoʻo iā mākou i kā mākou hakakā ʻana e loaʻa. a ʻaelike kūpono e hōʻoia i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ko mākou mau ʻohana a me nā kuleana o nā lālā LGBT e hana ana ma nā hōkele. I ka wā ma mua, ua kūkākūkā mākou i ka ʻōlelo ma kā mākou ʻaelike e pale ana i nā kāne like ʻole. Ua kākoʻo ka hui i nā kuleana o nā limahana hōkele gay a no laila ke manaʻo nei mākou e kū pū ka hui LGBT me mākou i kēia manawa. "
Ma hope o ka hana hula ma ka Hotele Westin St. Francis, ua hauʻoli ka lehulehu a hoʻomau i ka nānā on me ke kāhāhā i ka hula ʻana o ka hui i waho o ka hōkele a ma ke alanui e hana hou i ka hana holoʻokoʻa ma Grand Hyatt, kahi hōkele ʻē aʻe i lalo o ka boycott. Ma ke alahele, ua hui hou aku ka poe kue a me ka poe maalo. I keia manawa, ua makaala ia ka hotele e hele mai ana ka hui, aole nae he mea e keakea ana i ke ala o ka haneri poe kue i ko lakou komo ana i ka Hyatt. Ua hoʻokani ka hui i loko o ke keʻena me ka paʻi nui a hoʻopaʻa ʻia me a laina picket nui ma waho o ka hōkele. E like me ka ʻōlelo a kekahi mea komo, "ʻoi aku ka leʻaleʻa o ke kūʻē ʻana me nā kāne kāne, no ka mea, ua loaʻa iā mākou ke ʻano a ʻike mākou i ka hula."
Kākau ʻia e Jane Martin, me ke kōkua o HAVOQ, Pride at Work
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka boycott a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā limahana e kipa:
www.sleepwiththerightpeople.org
http://www.hotelworkersrising.org/HotelGuide/boycott_list.php
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kēia hanana e:
Haʻaheo o Kapalakiko i ka hana / HAVOQ
www.sfprideatwork.org
Hookahi Paio Hookahi Kaua
www.onestruggleonefight.org
Ka Hui Hoolele keleawe
www.brassliberation.org
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