It’s Monday, December 9 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation
**Due to technical difficulties, the podcast of the Dec. 9th show will not be available**
Fast-Food Wage Protests: Eric Gill
Eric Gill is Financial Secretary-Treasurer of UNITE HERE! Local 5. Local 5 represents approximately 10,000 workers throughout Hawaii who work in the hospitality, health care and food service industries and is an affiliate of UNITE HERE, an international union that represents over 250,000 workers throughout the U.S. and Canada. For a news article related to the fast-food wage protests, click here.
Ginai Hill has just recorded an extended Play Cd at Capitol Records in Los Angeles and has several other musical projects in the works.
UH Shark Research Team Member: Melanie Hutchinson
Melanie Hutchinson is a PhD candidate in the shark lab at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Since 2006, her work has focused on the interaction between sharks and fisheries.
The Beginning of a Garden: Victoria Kneubuhl
Victoria Kneubuhl is the author of the Foster Botanical Gardens, Living History Program: The Beginning of a Garden, which will be performed December 14 and 15. “The Beginning of a Garden” is a Living History Program featuring costumed role-players portraying three different people from island history instrumental in creating and preserving Foster Botanical Garden: Dr. William Hillebrand, Mary Elizabeth Mikahala Foster and Dr. Harold Lyon in the 1950s. Showtimes today and tomorrow are 3, 3:20 and 3:40 pm. Call 522-7066 for reservations and more information.