Entries by Michelle Travis

TODAY: Hotel Workers to Hold Mass Rally at YVR Airport in Day of Action against Air Canada

Hospitality workers and labour allies call for a boycott of the ‘scab’ airline, which sends passengers across picket lines, undermines strikers’ fight for a living wage   Richmond, BC – TODAY, as part of their Day of Action, striking Sheraton Vancouver Airport hotel workers with fellow hospitality workers – represented by UNITE HERE Local 40 […]

Radisson Blu Vancouver Airport Admits to Multiple Breaches of Anti-Scab Law

Special Investigating Officer will randomly inspect hotel under consent order   Richmond, BC — The BC Labour Relations Board has issued a pair of consent orders declaring Radisson Blu Vancouver Airport breached the Labour Code again during a protracted strike by members of UNITE HERE Local 40.  Under the orders, the employer admitted to over […]

BREAKING: Hospitality Workers at Parsnip Lodge Serve Strike Notice

Threat of strike poses risk of disruption to Coastal GasLink pipeline project   British Columbia – Today, hospitality workers at Horizon North Parsnip Lodge near Prince George delivered 72-hour strike notice to management. The 150 workers at the Lodge – represented by UNITE HERE Local 40 – voted 95% in favour of strike action on […]

Media Advisory: TODAY – Hospitality Workers Delegate Air Canada Management

In fourth month of strike, Air Canada continues to sacrifice guest experience by sending passengers to Richmond hotels behind picket lines   Richmond, BC – TODAY striking Sheraton Vancouver Airport hotel workers – represented by UNITE HERE Local 40 – will delegate management the Air Canada office near Vancouver International Airport (YVR). The airline has […]