Media Contacts: French: Gabriel Velasco, 604-360-0507, [email protected] English: Stephanie Fung, 604-928-7356, [email protected] Quebec City, QC — Today, hotel workers from Quebec and BC set up a symbolic picket line outside DSDL-owned l’Hotel PUR because the owner has refused to rehire workers they laid off due to the pandemic. DSDL Canada fired almost 100 long-term workers […]
Owner of Pan Pacific Vancouver and other hotels collected $34 million in U.S. Paycheck Protection Program Loans despite eliminating staff; echoes Westmont’s use of Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, concerns over unchecked use of COVID-related government subsidies and loans VANCOUVER, BC – UNITE HERE Locals representing hotel workers in British Columbia, Southern California, and Arizona are […]
For Immediate Release VANCOUVER, BC — UNITE HERE is urging Canadian Western Bank (TSE: CWB) (“CWB”) to review whether its lending division was aware of financial crimes committed in South Korea by an officer of the Seoul-based company that owns Hilton Vancouver Metrotown and to evaluate financial risks posed by the hotel’s protracted lockout of […]
Vancouver, BC — Yesterday, Vancouver City Council passed a motion to support laid-off hotel workers’ right to return to their jobs. The motion, sponsored by Councillor Jean Swanson, received support across the political spectrum with all councillors present voting in favour and one abstention. The City of Vancouver joins the City of Burnaby, Victoria City […]
‘How much has the government spent on this hotel while women like me are treated like we’re disposable?’ Vancouver, BC – Workers told the Standing Committee on Health yesterday that a federal quarantine hotel fired most of its female staff on the government’s watch, and more women could lose their jobs if the government fails […]