Hotel workers across the province to strike today
Union says its time workers get their share from a booming tourism industry
Hotel workers across the province, including those in Montreal and Quebec City, are planning to walk off the job today.
Their union, the CSN, has been given a three-day strike mandate, but for the moment only has plans for a one-day strike. The union will hold a rally in downtown Montreal later today.
Some 10 hotels in Montreal and Quebec City will be affected by the strike. Among the affected hotels are the Bonaventure and Lord Berri in Montreal and the Hilton and Delta hotels in Quebec City.
The union reached a last-minute deal with Montreal’s Ritz-Carleton, which will see workers get a 13 per cent pay increase over four years. A similar deal was reached earlier in the week with the Marriott Château Champlain.
Along with salary, the CSN says its main demands are better holiday and severance pay. The demands are justified, they add, because of the recent increase in tourism in Quebec.
Hotel workers across the province to strike today
Union says its time workers get their share from a booming tourism industry
Hotel workers across the province, including those in Montreal and Quebec City, are planning to walk off the job today.
Their union, the CSN, has been given a three-day strike mandate, but for the moment only has plans for a one-day strike. The union will hold a rally in downtown Montreal later today.
Some 10 hotels in Montreal and Quebec City will be affected by the strike. Among the affected hotels are the Bonaventure and Lord Berri in Montreal and the Hilton and Delta hotels in Quebec City.
The union reached a last-minute deal with Montreal’s Ritz-Carleton, which will see workers get a 13 per cent pay increase over four years. A similar deal was reached earlier in the week with the Marriott Château Champlain.
Along with salary, the CSN says its main demands are better holiday and severance pay. The demands are justified, they add, because of the recent increase in tourism in Quebec.
Here is a list of the affected hotels in the province’s two largest cities:
Montreal
Hôtel Gouverneur Place Dupuis
Hilton Laval
Quality Suites de Pointe-Claire
Hôtel Bonaventure
Holiday Inn Laval
Hôtel Lord Berri
Quebec City
Hilton
Delta
Hôtel Pur
Hôtel Classique
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/hotel-strike-montreal-quebec-city-1.3754603