Entries by Michelle Travis

BREAKING: Another 200 YVR Airport food workers win $25 living wages

Richmond, BC — The number of YVR Airport food workers earning living wages will soon double. HMS Host workers at YVR Airport have voted unanimously in favour of a new collective agreement which secures $25 hourly wages at Canada’s #1 airport. Last month, SSP Canada workers at YVR broke ground by securing living wages at […]

Breaking: LNG Camp Hospitality Workers, Janitors Avert Strike, Win New Contracts

Camp hospitality workers at the LNG Canada construction site have ratified two new collective agreements with 99% voting in favour.  Workers achieved their main goal of winning job security for the future in case Phase 2 of the LNG project proceeds. The new collective agreements ensure that should Phase 2 of the project proceed, Sodexo […]

BREAKING: YVR Airport Food Workers Secure $25/Hour Living Wage

Airport food staff sets new standard at Canada’s #1 airport SSP Canada food workers at Vancouver International Airport (“YVR”) have voted 93% in favour of ratifying a groundbreaking collective agreement which achieves $25 living wages. This is the first contract for the workers, represented by UNITE HERE Local 40, which joined the union last year. […]

BREAKING: Workers Deliver 72-hour Strike Notice to Downtown Vancouver Hotel

Vancouver – Workers at Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Vancouver Downtown have issued 72-hour strike notice to their employer.  They join hundreds of other hotel workers across Downtown Vancouver who are demanding higher wages and better working conditions while the city’s hotels draw record-setting revenues. Room attendants, front desk agents, cooks, dishwashers and others at […]