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British Columbia’s Union for Hotel and Hospitality Workers

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July 3, 2026

Press Release: UNITE HERE Local 40 Files Court Challenge Over Vancouver Hotel Development Incentive

June 26, 2026

New Report: Vancouver City Hall Fast-Tracking Hotels While Affordable Housing Falls Behind

June 8, 2026

Press Release: Hospitality Workers File Petition in Court Over Flawed Public Hearings on Major Rezoning Decisions

June 5, 2026

Press Release: YVR Airport Workers Rally for World Cup Bonus, $30 Wage, Job Security Ahead of FIFA World Cup

June 3, 2026

Union Condemns Council Vote Granting New Hotel Developer Incentive Amid Housing Crisis

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BC's union for hospitality workers. We raise standards in our industries and demand respect on the job. Contact us at [email protected]

🚨We're challenging the City of Vancouver over a ne 🚨We're challenging the City of Vancouver over a new incentive for hotel developers. Why? Because City Council approved the developer incentive after being wrongly told provincial law required it. 

💰 This incentive could be worth millions to developers, without delivering affordable housing or comparable public benefits in return.

This isn't just about hotels. It's about accountability and making sure major planning decisions are based on accurate information, not misinformation. 

We've had enough with special treatment for developers. That's why we're holding a rally at City Hall on July 9 (5pm). RSVP if you can join us! (see link in bio)

#vanpoli #accountability #AffordableHousingNow
With the Vancouver election just 106 days away, yo With the Vancouver election just 106 days away, you'd think City Councillors would finally get the memo. Vancouverites are drowning in a housing affordability crisis, and Council’s big idea is more luxury hotels?

We don't get it either. But if we rally together, maybe they'll listen. 

Join us on July 9 at City Hall to demand affordable housing: LINK IN BIO 🔗
Top issue for voters: AFFORDABILITY. Top issue fo Top issue for voters: AFFORDABILITY. 
Top issue for City Council: LUXURY HOTELS. 🤔

Overwhelmingly, the people who live and work in Vancouver want City Council to address affordability. So why won’t they do it? Why are big developers getting all the attention? 

Join us on July 9 at City Hall to demand affordable housing. Link in bio 🔗
Does Vancouver's City Council want a skyline with Does Vancouver's City Council want a skyline with affordable housing for everyday people, or one lined with billionaire-backed hotels? 

Right now, City Hall is reviewing building heights in a move to clear the way for Holborn Group’s proposed supertall luxury condo and hotel megaproject. It’s supertall, super-unaffordable, and super-bad for people who actually work in Vancouver. 

This is the same developer that has taken more than 15 years to fully replace social housing at Little Mountain, and once again they are promising social housing. 

The question isn't whether Vancouver needs taller buildings. It's whether we need taller hotels that line billionaires’ pockets while housing affordability continues to be out of reach for the people who actually work in Vancouver. 

Rather than reshaping the skyline to accommodate luxury hotels, City Hall should be focused on reshaping the housing market to deliver homes that ordinary residents can afford.

Help fight for a city that’s affordable for ordinary residents. Sign our petition to reject Holborn Group’s proposed luxury megaproject: LINK IN BIO 🔗
Unaffordable homes are inhospitable. But Ken Sim’s Unaffordable homes are inhospitable. But Ken Sim’s City Council is doubling down on building as many hotels as possible in the city.

Conceding to billionaires and developers means that housing becomes even less affordable, community amenities dry up, and tenant displacement skyrockets.

Stay alert and let's stop the City Council from pushing the affordability crisis even further out of control.
NEW REPORT: Today we're releasing a new report tha NEW REPORT: Today we're releasing a new report that asks whether City Hall is putting hotel development ahead of the people who live and work here.

Our findings include:
🏨 Council approved more hotel rooms than affordable housing over the period we examined.
🏗️ Nearly 7,000 hotel rooms are already in the development pipeline.
🏠 Hotel workers increasingly can't afford to live in the city where they work.
🤝 Hotel developments should deliver meaningful community benefits, not reduced public contributions.

Tourism matters. So do the workers who make it possible.
It's time to put affordable housing first! A city can't build its tourism industry by pricing out the people who make tourism possible. That's why we're also planning a mobilization at City Hall on July 9. 

#AffordableHousingNow #Vancouver #HousingCrisis
City Hall promised housing. It's time for them to City Hall promised housing. It's time for them to deliver. That's why we're launching a citywide campaign for housing, affordability, and accountability – to send a loud and clear message that residents MUST come first over hotel developers. Residents need homes. Workers need stability. Join us on July 9 at Vancouver City Hall to demand affordable housing now! RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/rsvp-for-july-9-action-at-city-hall
Does City Council even care about ordinary Vancouv Does City Council even care about ordinary Vancouver residents? 

They break for summer on July 28th. We know the plan: push through  mass rezonings and more luxury hotel projects before everyone's attention shifts to the October election. It’s time to send a clear message to Ken Sim and Council: Vancouver needs affordable housing now! 

Stay tuned to find out how YOU can help make that clear before July 28th.
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