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 […]
BC Camp Workers’ Union on the Rise Valemount, BC — ATCO camp workers in Valemount have voted by nearly 90% to join UNITE HERE Local 40. Workers at Valemount Camp voted in late July to join the union despite the employer’s efforts to block the vote. The Labour Board dismissed the employer’s challenges and ordered […]
Union urges province to disqualify hotel owners who eliminated staff during pandemic Vancouver, B.C. — UNITE HERE Local 40 is urging Premier John Horgan and Tourism Minister Melanie Mark to tighten eligibility rules for hotels seeking property tax relief through a new pandemic relief fund. In a letter to the Premier and Minister Mark, the […]
Workers Win Third Legal Victory this Month Against Hotel Vancouver, BC — In two separate decisions, the BC Labour Relations Board ruled that the Pan Pacific Vancouver hotel violated the BC Labour Relations Code three times: by changing terms and conditions of employment without negotiating with UNITE HERE Local 40, by refusing to recognize the […]
Letter to Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos urges government action to resolve negative impacts on hotel workers at quarantine site. Vancouver, BC — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP health critic Don Davies are urging federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos to move Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) out of Pacific Gateway immediately and to urge […]