425 employees set to walk off job by weekend
Members of Unifor who work at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, voted 97 per cent on Aug. 1 in favour of legal job action if a new contract cannot be reached by the weekend.
"The employer has been dragging their feet. There has been little or no response to our proposals and there are concessions that our members simply cannot afford," said Jerry Dias, Unifor national president.
The strike vote puts the union in a position to serve 72-hour notice of a legal strike.
Local 4275 represents 425 members in housekeeping and food and beverage service. Unifor said it is concerned with defending fair wages and healthy working conditions in the face of skyrocketing housing prices.
"In this round of bargaining we want to ensure that our members share in the gains made by their hotels," said Mario Santos, Unifor national representative.
