Media Advisory: Hospitality Workers to Demonstrate During FIFA Congress in Vancouver

Vancouver, BC – Today, as the 76^th FIFA Congress meets at the Vancouver Convention Centre, hospitality workers from Pan Pacific Vancouver will hold a demonstration to highlight the growing gap between the billions generated by the global sporting event and the affordability crisis faced by the workers who make these events possible.

Squeezed by the cost-of-living crisis in Vancouver, many workers at the Pan Pacific Vancouver struggle to afford to live in the very city they help showcase to the world. Meanwhile, the City of Vancouver and the Province of British Columbia are committing hundreds of millions in public funds to prepare for the World Cup, while FIFA and major hotels, like Pan Pacific, stand to reap huge financial gains. Workers will call for fair wages, improved working conditions, and meaningful government action to address the cost-of-living crisis impacting hospitality workers across the city.

WHO: Hospitality workers from Pan Pacific Vancouver, members of UNITE HERE Local 40, and community allies.

WHEN: Thursday, April 30, at 4:15 PM

WHERE: Outside Pan Pacific Vancouver, 999 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC.

VISUALS: Workers and allies will be marching, carrying signs and chanting with bullhorns.

CONTACT: Michelle Travis, [email protected], 778-960-9785