Entries by Michelle Travis

Press Release – Airport Worker Union to Jacksonville City Council: End Partnership with Paradies Lagardère at Jacksonville International Airport

UNITE HERE Local 40 sent a letter on Friday to Jacksonville City Council, raising concerns about the Jacksonville Aviation Authority’s (JAA) partnership with airport concessions operator Paradies Lagardère. JAA will be awarding a new Retail Concessions contract on November 17th, for which Paradies is one of the applicants. The letter outlines a series of issues […]

Media Advisory: SFU Dining Workers to Hold Demonstration and March for Living Wages

Vancouver, BC – SFU dining workers and their campus allies will be holding a demonstration on Wednesday, November 5, to demand the University become a permanent living wage employer.  SFU committed to paying living wages to contracted dining workers in the past, but the workers are paid considerably less than the Metro Vancouver living wage […]

Media Release: Locked-Out Coast Victoria Workers Take Fight to Calgary

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. […]