Entries by Michelle Travis

Media Advisory: Locked Out Hilton Metrotown Workers to Hold International Women’s Day Rally

Hospitality workers’ union will launch petition calling on wedding vendors to support locked-out women WHAT: Locked out Hilton Metrotown hotel workers, represented by UNITE HERE Local 40, will hold a rally today, Tuesday, March 8th,  International Women’s Day to call on the hotel to respect BC’s #UnequalWomen by resolving the lockout and returning them to […]

Kemano Staff House Staff Ratify New Collective Agreement, UNITE HERE Local 40 Creates New Standard for Remote Camp Workers in BC

Kemano-Kitimat, BC — Camp workers from ESS Support Services at Kemano Staff House have ratified a new collective agreement with a 100% “yes” vote this week. UNITE HERE Local 40, BC’s camp workers’ union, continues to maintain the highest standards for remote camp workers across the province. Culinary and housekeeping employees will now be earning […]

Wedding Media Advisory: Locked Out Hilton Metrotown Workers Urge Wedding Planners and Couples, “Don’t Put a Ring on It at Hilton!”

WHAT: Locked out Hilton Metrotown hotel workers, represented by UNITE HERE Local 40, will set up a picket line in front of a mock wedding to inform prospective newlyweds about unfair working conditions at the high-end hotel. This wedding season, locked out Hilton Vancouver Metrotown workers are urging couples who are thinking of getting married […]

After Months of Protests, Feds End Quarantine Program at Pacific Gateway

Owner of quarantine hotel that terminated 143 workers during pandemic faces boycott Vancouver, B.C. – Amid months of protests and calls to move out, the federal government has ended its quarantine program at Pacific Gateway Hotel and relocated to another site. Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) which oversees the federal quarantine program is no […]