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Large unions plan to pull an estimated $2 million in business from the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown hotel, unless a labour dispute at the hotel is settled by the end of June, according to Unite Here Local 40.
The move is the latest salvo in contract negotiations at one of many sites across B.C.
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Union president Zailda Chan says women at the hotel are on the verge of losing everything they worked so hard for when they immigrated to Canada.
“Will Prime Minister Trudeau allow this to happen? We cannot allow hotels like Pacific Gateway to roll back the clock on women’s economic livelihoods,” Chan said, in a statement Friday.
Union spokesperson Stephanie Fung said the hotel recently fired a dozen workers, with up to 19 years on the job.
The majority of workers haven’t had shifts since the pandemic hit, so that puts 140 to 150 workers at risk of permanently losing their jobs by the end of March, added Fung.