Burnaby, BC – Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley has rebuked Hilton Metrotown for its treatment of workers, particularly the women who clean hotel rooms and serve guests. In a letter to hotel management, Mayor Hurley urged Hilton to guarantee laid-off workers be allowed to return to their jobs when business recovers. The letter comes after Hilton […]
Immigrant women ask Prime Minister Trudeau, “Will you be crossing our picket line?” Vancouver – Workers from the Pacific Gateway Hotel, currently a federal quarantine site, have voted 91% in favour of strike action. The workers voted to strike after the hotel followed through on its threat to terminate laid-off workers, including women with up […]
For Immediate Release February 23, 2021 Contact: Stephanie Fung, 604-928-7356, [email protected], or Michelle Travis, 778-960-9785, [email protected]. Hard hit by pandemic, unequal women push back against hotel terminations Vancouver, BC – Hilton Metrotown workers announced today they will be urging prospective hotel guests not to patronize the hotel. They are escalating their job action after the […]
Media Advisory February 23, 2021 Contact: Stephanie Fung, 604-928-7356, [email protected], or Michelle Travis, 778-960-9785, [email protected]. UNITE HERE Local 40 Press Conference at 12:30 PM Today Vancouver, BC – Today, Hilton Metrotown hotel workers, represented by UNITE HERE Local 40, will hold a press conference to announce an escalation of their job action. Hotel workers launched […]
For Immediate Release February 19, 2021 Vancouver, BC – Hilton Metrotown workers have initiated a partial strike action over job security. This comes on the heels of a round of permanent layoffs initiated by the Hilton to significantly cut staffing. The terminations affect long serving immigrant workers, many of them women who have been disproportionately […]