Entries by Michelle Travis

Day 4 of #Fast4OurJobs: Statement by UNITE HERE Local 40 President regarding Minister of Labour’s Announcement on Temporary Layoff Provisions

For Immediate Release – August 13, 2020 Statement by Zailda Chan, UNITE HERE Local 40 President, regarding Minister of Labour’s Announcement on Temporary Layoff Provisions: “While today the province announced steps they are taking to ease the process for employers to delay severance payments to benefit the business community–weeks prior to the August 31st expiration– we have been informed […]

Day 3 of Hotel Workers’ Hunger Strike Brings Multi-City Actions: Vancouver City Councillor to Fast Outside NDP MLA Office; Car Caravan in Downtown Victoria

For Immediate Release – August 12, 2020 #Fast4OurJobs continues outside BC Legislature Vancouver, BC — Today B.C. hotel workers enter the third day of their hunger strike outside the BC Legislature.  To support fasting hotel workers, Vancouver City Councillor Jean Swanson will participate in a public fast outside the office of NDP MLA for Vancouver-West […]

Day 2 of Fast for Our Jobs: Despite Peaceful Activity on Lawn of BC Legislature, Fasting Hotel Housekeepers and Supporters Denied Entry to View Question Period

For Immediate Release – August 11, 2020 Victoria, B.C. — The second day of the hotel workers’ hunger strike was met with an abrupt reprisal from the BC Legislature. Today, the fasters and their supporters had planned to peacefully observe Question Period proceedings inside the BC Legislature as one of several activities planned for hunger strikers […]

Hotel Workers Launch Hunger Strike – “Fast for Our Jobs” – Outside BC Legislature, Call on Province to Secure 50,000 Jobs before $680 Million Bailout of Tourism Sector

For Immediate Release: August 10, 2020 Victoria, B.C. — Today, workers hard-hit by the pandemic launched an open-ended hunger strike outside the BC Legislature to draw attention to the crisis facing the province’s 50,000 laid-off hotel workers. Fasters have encamped at the Legislature and are forgoing food until the government grants a legal right to return […]

Media Advisory: Hotel Workers to Kick Off Hunger Strike outside the BC Legislature, Calling on Province to Secure 50,000 Jobs before $680 Million Bailout of Tourism Sector

Contacts: Stephanie Fung, 604-928-7356, sfung@local40union.com, or Michelle Travis, 778-960-9785, mtravis@unitehere.org. Press conference will precede launch of open-ended “Fast for Our Jobs.” Vancouver, B.C.— Hotel workers struggling to feed their families and pay rent will launch an open-ended hunger strike outside the BC Legislature to draw attention to the crisis facing the province’s 50,000 laid-off hotel […]