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 […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 2021 Vancouver, BC — A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled that a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of employees terminated during the pandemic may proceed against Pan Pacific Vancouver. A former concierge who was employed by the hotel for 24 years filed the lawsuit after he was terminated […]
Vancouver Women Leaders, UNITE HERE Local 40 Release Unequal Women Report Vancouver, B.C. — Today, Vancouver women leaders representing municipal, women’s, and labour groups joined UNITE HERE Local 40 in a press conference to release a new report: Unequal Women – Report on the Impact of Pandemic Terminations on Women of Colour in B.C.’s Hospitality […]