Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 12pET/9aPT Contact: Meghan Cohorst, [email protected], 239-503-1533 Click here to register in advance Hospitality workers union UNITE HERE Canada to detail state of Canadian hospitality industry, call for implementation of essential recommendations for a safe and successful return to work UNITE HERE Canada will host a video press conference on state of […]
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 […]
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 […]