SEIU Members at Pacific Western Brewing Ratify Strong New Collective Agreement
Despite the employer coming to the table seeking concessions, workers win solid improvements.
Despite the employer coming to the table seeking concessions, workers win solid improvements.
The SEIU Local 2 members had been on strike for 10 days after contentious negotiations.
Read Isaac Phan Nay's recent article about cleaners in Vancouver getting ready to close the gap on living wages and push for pension plans.
The members negotiated a deal that will see a 20 percent wage increase on average.
More than 225 attendees gathered in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario on October 3 through 5, including members from across Canada and across industrial sectors.
Every janitor working for Alpine at the airport will be at $25 per hour or higher in 2025.
Today's actions at Vancouver's International Airport have been cancelled.
The cleaners plan to set up lawful picket lines at undisclosed areas of the airport and are asking airport workers who have the legal right to honour picket lines to not cross.
Alpine Building Maintenance has refused to offer janitors wages that keep up with rising costs.
Rally planned for Thursday at Kelowna Guisachan Village location.