Local 40 News

• SFU food service workers ratify new contract by 100%, 10/27/11,
• Rogers Arena bargaining starts November 2, 10/6/11,
• BC Federation of Labour calls for boycott of Air Canada cafeteria at YVR, 10/6/11,
• SFU, Respect Our Jobs!, 9/22/11,
• Workers at 3 Novotel Hotels declare majority support for union, 9/21/11,
• Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel workers ratify new contract by 96%, make big gains! , 4/15/11,
• The housekeepers revolt: behind the labour dispoute at the Royal York Hotel, 3/17/11, Toronto Life
• Historic Hotel Georgia set to re-open, 3/2/11,
• Hotel workers win new contract, 12/20/10, Tyee
• Coast Discovery Inn settles contract, 12/18/10,
• Scenes from a Showdown at the Hyatt, 11/29/10, Tyee
• Elected leaders support Hyatt housekeepers, join demonstration, 11/24/10, Georgia Straight
• Hotel workers continue to protest misleading "green" intiative, 10/25/10, The Province
• Westin's "Green Choice" is Bad for the Environment, Bad for Workers, 10/20/10,
• Going "green" and cutting housekeepers' jobs, 10/18/10, National Public Radio
• CUPE Ontario pledges to take business elsewhere unless Hyatt settles fair contract with workers, 10/2/10, Toronto Sun
• What your hotel's housekeeping staff wish you knew, 9/26/10, Women's Day
• Skip Hotel Room Cleaning? That's not 'Green', 9/24/10, Tyee
• Hotel workers call for boycott of Vancouver Hyatt, 9/21/10, The Province
• Toronto Hyatt workers strike, 9/3/10, CTV Toronto
• Hyatt Faces Strikes, Protests in Cities Across North America, 9/3/10, Beyond Chron
• Cara Flight Kitchen contract victory!, 7/30/10, UNITE HERE Local 40
• Growing movement of hotel workers and supporters protest Vancouver Hyatt, 7/26/10,
• Vancouver hotels' 'green' program takes toll on housekeeping staff, 7/4/10, The Province
• UNITE HERE at the ITUC World Congress in Vancouver, 6/25/10,
• 500 rally at Hyatt Regency Vancouver, 6/9/10,
• International Solidarity in Canada's Capital!, 5/28/10, UNITE HERE
• Workers protest “fake” green initiatives at Toronto hotels, 5/6/10,
• HIR hotel workers contract victory!, 3/13/10,
• Coast Hotel workers in Kelowna, Nanaimo, Prince George and Victoria ratify new contract by 99%!, 3/13/10,
• HMS Host workers at YVR ratify new contract by 98%, 2/27/10,
• UNITE HERE’s Cleve Jones named Grand Marshal of 2009 Vancouver Pride Parade, 7/12/09,
• GM Place Contract Victory, 3/20/09,

Rosewood Hotel Georgia workers win first-time union contract!

News and Updates

• SFU food service workers ratify new contract by 100%
• Rogers Arena bargaining starts November 2
• BC Federation of Labour calls for boycott of Air Canada cafeteria at YVR
• SFU, Respect Our Jobs!
• Workers at 3 Novotel Hotels declare majority support for union
• Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel workers ratify new contract by 96%, make big gains!
• The housekeepers revolt: behind the labour dispoute at the Royal York Hotel
• Historic Hotel Georgia set to re-open
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