Over 100 workers prepare to strike one of Victoria’s premier hotels Victoria – Inn at Laurel Point workers, represented by UNITE HERE Local 40, issued 72-hour strike notice to management late yesterday. Workers will be in a legal strike position as of 3pm Sunday afternoon. This comes after workers voted 97% in favour of strike […]
Strike looms as workers vote in favour of taking job action at Inn at Laurel Point Workers at Inn at Laurel Point, one of Victoria’s premier hotels, voted 97% in favour of strike action last night. The hotel’s room attendants, kitchen staff, servers, and front desk agents, represented by UNITE HERE Local 40, could soon […]
Vancouver — More than 400 Sodexo hospitality workers at Cedar Valley Lodge (CVL) officially joined UNITE HERE Local 40, BC’s camp workers hospitality union, on Wednesday. UNITE HERE Local 40 and IBEW Local 993, which organized the maintenance department, applied for certification together. Cedar Valley Lodge accommodates up to 2,500 workers working on the LNG […]
For Immediate Release Vancouver, B.C. – UNITE HERE Local 40 members who work for Gate Gourmet at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) have voted 94% “yes” to ratify a new collective agreement that will significantly raise airline catering workers’ pay. The company agreed to provide 12% wage increases to workers in Vancouver to address skyrocketing inflation. […]
For Immediate Release Vancouver, BC —- Air Canada’s airline catering firm, Gate Gourmet, breached BC’s labour code when the company used replacement workers during a strike action at Vancouver Airport, according to a new ruling by the BC Labour Board. The company double-catered flights for Air Canada at other airports after Gate Gourmet YVR workers […]