Honolulu is considering shipping its trash off island for 10 years to address the challenge of what to do with the waste generated by almost 1 million residents and about half a million monthly visitors. The city has begun exploring the possibility through a request for information, which asks private companies whether they think the concept is feasible.
A test of new technology for scanning incoming prison mail identified drugs in fake legal documents, confirming suspicions that confidential communications between inmates and their attorneys or the court system can be exploited to smuggle contraband. Breiner said that during the height of the pandemic someone attempted to smuggle paper soaked with spice into Halawa, the Hawaii Community Correctional Center …
With up to 17 rooms to clean each shift, Fatima Amahmoud’s job at the Moxy hotel in downtown Boston sometimes feels impossible. Some 10,000 hotel workers represented by the UNITE HERE union walked off the job Sunday at 24 hotels in eight cities, including Honolulu, Boston, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego and Seattle. Since the pandemic, UNITE HERE has …
Union members from Local 26, representing workers in the hospitality industries of Massachusetts, picket outside the Hyatt Regency Boston in July in Boston. Some 10,000 hotel workers represented by the UNITE HERE union walked off the job Sunday at 25 hotels in eight cities, including Honolulu, Boston, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego and Seattle. Since the pandemic, UNITE HERE …
