Wage Increases -Immediate $4-5 increase (equal to KMP contract) -$1 increase every year thereafter Overtime/Shifts -10 hour guarantee for those who want it -Overtime- 1.5x after 8 hours, 1.5x on Saturdays 2x on Sundays Pension -Local 40 Civeo Pension: $3.85/hour Benefits -Local 40 Benefits- 100% Paid by company -Note: Local 40 benefits are far superior […]
“We are incredibly disappointed by the Government’s decision today to extend temporary layoffs and delay severance to help the business community without any protections for workers. The government had to put 50,000 hotel workers out of work, but with no legal rights to get their jobs back. Hotel workers are already being permanently terminated as […]
For Immediate Release June 25, 2020 Contact: Stephanie Fung, 604-928-7356, [email protected], or Michelle Travis, 778-960-9785, [email protected] VANCOUVER – As the province launched Phase 3 of its restart plan, laid-off hospitality workers demonstrated today outside the Rosewood Hotel Georgia. Hotel workers are urgently calling on the provincial government to protect those on the verge of losing […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2020 Vancouver, BC — On Wednesday, hundreds of laid-off hospitality workers in a caravan of cars honking horns and chanting on foot participated in a demonstration urging provincially and federally elected leaders to ensure employers rehire, not replace, laid-off workers as the economy recovers. With workers facing long-term layoffs in […]
Vancouver—Hospitality workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 40, will participate in a car caravan demonstration calling on provincially and federally elected leaders to ensure employers rehire—not replace—laid-off workers as the economy recovers. Over 90% of workers in B.C.’s hospitality industry are laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As hotels and other hospitality businesses begin […]