Hilton asks mold-cleaning employees to get check-ups

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July 26, 2002

Hilton asks mold-cleaning employees to get check-ups

Hilton Hawaiian Village and Local 5 of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant

Employees Union, currently facing off on contract talks, are working

together on the problem of mold discovered this month in the Kalia Tower.

Ward, research analyst for Local 5, told Pacific Business News late

Thursday that the union had submitted an informational request to Hilton to

find out everything Hilton knows about the mold situation, and was told

Hilton is asking employees who worked in the Kalia Tower to go to Queen's

Health Center for a check-up. The union indicated that it was too soon to

judge how well the hotel has handled the unusual situation.

Hilton this week moved all guests out of the Kalia Tower, which has about

400 rooms, and flew a team of experts on mold in buildings to Hawaii from

Atlanta to figure out how mold can develop in numerous rooms in a building

that is only about a year old.