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Entries by Michelle Travis

Media Advisory: Protest to be held at Shangri-La Hotel; Laid-off Workers Say No Bailout for Tourism Sector without Job Protection!

Vancouver, B.C.— Today, hotel workers plan to protest mass terminations at the luxury Shangri-La Hotel and demand laid-off workers need the legal right to return to their jobs as business recovers. While the provincial government considers whether to grant the tourism industry a $680 million bailout, laid-off hospitality workers across B.C. are being fired because […]

Press Advisory: Statement by UNITE HERE Local 40 President re: BC tourism sector’s request for $680 million government bailout

Press Advisory July 21, 2020 Media Contacts: Michelle Travis, 778-960-9785, [email protected]; or Stephanie Fung, 604-928-7356, [email protected] Vancouver, BC – Statement by Zailda Chan, President of UNITE HERE Local 40: “If BC’s tourism sector wants an extraordinary $680 million relief package from the province, then 50,000 laid-off hotel workers need a legal right to return to […]

Breaking: Pan Pacific Hotel Forcing Workers to Sign Away Their Rights?

BREAKING NEWS:   The Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver is giving its workers a deadline to sign away their current working conditions to become casual, on-call staff and their rights to claim severance. The hotel cites the pandemic as an excuse to force workers to sign away their labour rights. According to a document obtained by […]