Vancouver, BC — Hotel workers locked-out by Coast Victoria Hotel & Marina by APA held a protest downtown yesterday outside the Coast Calgary Downtown Hotel & Suites by APA, calling on the company to end its lockout in Victoria and negotiate a fair contract that provides living wages, safe workloads, and respect on the job. […]
UNITE HERE Local 40, BC’s union for hospitality workers, is seeking a Community / Political Organizer to build power for hospitality workers. We are committed to developing rank-and-file leadership, organizing the unorganized, and to building a strong, fighting labour union. Candidates must demonstrate a commitment to working for social justice through a strong labour movement. […]
Richmond, BC – Workers at the Vancouver Airport Marriott Hotel have overwhelmingly ratified their first union contract as members of UNITE HERE Local 40. With this contract, 90 Marriott workers will now enjoy the same union benefits as their unionized colleagues at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel next door. The workers voted to join the […]
Victoria, BC – Hundreds of workers and allies gathered yesterday at the BC Legislature in a powerful show of solidarity with locked-out Coast Victoria Hotel workers. The rally brought together unions and community members from across the province to stand with the nearly ninety hotel workers who have been locked out of their jobs for […]
Victoria, BC – Ninety hospitality workers at the Coast Victoria Hotel and Blue Crab Seafood House remain locked out by their employer on day 4 of the company’s aggressive move to shut them out of their jobs. Instead of coming to the bargaining table to resolve issues of low wages, heavy workloads, and safe staffing […]