Entries by Michelle Travis

BREAKING: Workers at Federal Quarantine Hotel, Pacific Gateway, Vote to Strike

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 […]

PRESS RELEASE: Hilton Metrotown Workers Escalate Job Action; Hotel Housekeepers, Servers, Urge Future Customers Not to Patronize Hotel

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: Press Conference – Hilton Metrotown Hotel Workers Escalate Job Action; Women leading Hotel Fight to Advise Customers to Stay Away

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 […]

PRESS RELEASE: Frontline LNG Janitors Reach Historic Union Contract

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 17, 2021 3-year deal includes health and safety protections, and First Nations hiring commitments secured Kitimat, BC — Industrial janitors at the LNG Canada Kitimat site, represented by UNITE HERE Local 40,  have ratified a standard-setting union contract with Gitxaala Horizon North Services LP. The agreement includes a commitment to hire […]