Entries by Michelle Travis

Day 9 of “Fast for Our Jobs” – Hunger Strikers to Ministers Lana Popham and Rob Fleming: Protect our Jobs!

Contact: Stephanie Fung, [email protected], 604-928-7356; or Michelle Travis, [email protected], 778-960-9785 Victoria, B.C.— Today, on the ninth day of their hunger strike outside the BC Legislature, delegations of fasting hotel workers will urge Ministers Lana Popham (MLA, Saanich South) and Rob Fleming (MLA, Victoria-Swan Lake) to protect the jobs of 50,000 hotel workers across BC.  The fasters will deliver […]

Day 6: “Fast for Our Jobs” Continues at BC Legislature

Province says no decision on protecting laid-off workers before Aug. 20 More to join fast and relieve outgoing hunger strikers Victoria, B.C. – Although the legislative summer session concluded yesterday, hotel workers continue to wage their hunger strike for the right of 50,000 laid-off hotel workers to return to their pre-COVID jobs.  Minister of Labour […]