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 […]
Vancouver, B.C.— Major BC unions are upping the ante on its boycott and threatening to lock Hilton Metrotown out of any business in 2022 unless the hotel settles the labour dispute with its locked out workers by June 30. At a press conference today, UNITE HERE Local 40 and BCGEU joined Hilton Vancouver Metrotown hotel […]
Vancouver, B.C.— Today, on Thursday June 3rd, union leaders alongside locked out Hilton Vancouver Metrotown hotel workers will hold a press conference announcing a new pledge that will see large unions vowing to boycott Hilton Metrotown for the entire year of 2022, causing an estimated loss of $2 million annually for the hotel. Previously, unions […]
Human rights complaint filed against Pacific Gateway Hotel Vancouver, B.C. — In response to mass firings at Pacific Gateway, a federal quarantine facility, a hotel housekeeper has filed a human rights complaint against the hotel on behalf of herself and 89 other women for sex and racial discrimination. The complaint alleges that, during the COVID-19 […]