For Immediate Release May 1, 2021 On May Day, Hilton Metrotown workers worry whether they can pay their bills Vancouver, BC — Hilton Metrotown has cut off almost 50 of its laid-off workers’ employment insurance benefits in a direct attack on its locked out and laid-off workers. This comes as the hotel’s lockout enters its […]
UNITE HERE Local 40 is hiring an Admin Assistant! UNITE HERE Local 40 is the voice of 50,000 hospitality workers across British Columbia. They are housekeepers, bellmen, food servers, cooks, dishwashers, bartenders and many other employees in the tourism and food service industries. Local 40 has a proud history of community involvement and a strong […]
Over 1200 hospitality workers in 14 cities could be locked out as early as Friday, April 30 Vancouver, BC — UNITE HERE Local 40 held a press conference today to address a 72-hour lockout notice issued by Hospitality Industrial Relations (HIR), an employer group representing 32 hotels, motels, and liquor stores across BC. Over 1,200 […]
Over 1200 hospitality workers could be locked out this Friday, April 30 Vancouver, BC — UNITE HERE Local 40 will host a press conference today, Thursday April 29, to address a 72-hour lockout notice issued by Hospitality Industrial Relations, an employer group representing 32 hotels, motels, and liquor stores across BC. Over 1,200 hospitality workers […]
UNITE HERE Local 40 is seeking a FULL-TIME PAID INTERN to conduct corporate and industry research and analysis to carry out campaigns focused on winning economic justice for BC’s hospitality workers. UNITE HERE Local 40 is B.C.’s hospitality workers’ union and is leading the fight to organize the unorganized and at the forefront of campaigns for workers’ […]