UNITE HERE Local 40 has reached a tentative settlement with 47 hotels, pubs and liquor stores across BC. The employers are represented by Hospitality Industrial Relations. The tentative deal includes substantial improvements in medical coverage, providing some of the best medical benefits for Local 40 members, and a good wage and pension package. The Union […]
Clubhouse workers at Marine Drive Golf Club have reached a settlement with the Club, ending the three week lockout on Saturday, August 17. A deal was reached as a result of the determination demonstrated by the picketers and their bargaining committee, with the support of SEIU Local 244 groundskeepers. The union bargaining committee met with […]
After more than a year at the bargaining table, hospitality workers at 46 hotels, pubs and liquor stores in BC have voted “YES” to a strike and to better standards for hospitality workers. Workers from Vancouver, Nanaimo, Victoria, Kamloops, Harrison Hot Springs, Prince Rupert, Fort St. John and other communities voted to authorize strikes at […]
After a year of bargaining, hotel workers are standing up throughout BC to fight for better standards on the job. In Nanaimo, workers from Howard Johnson Harbourside Hotel and their supporters from the Nanaimo Duncan & District Labour Council rallied on July 5, 2013. Howard Johnson workers are saying “NO” to an aggregate wage increase […]