
Marathon Vancouver airport hotel strike ends after 1,411 days
RICHMOND, B.C. — The union representing workers at the Radisson Blu Vancouver Airport Hotel says staff have ratified a new collective agreement, ending a nearly four-year-long strike.
Unite Here Local 40 says the 1,411-day strike was the longest in Canadian history and the agreement provides a pathway back to work for 143 workers terminated during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the hotel was called Pacific Gateway.
The union says in a statement the deal also provides job security protections and higher wages.
Local president Zailda Chan says in the statement that 70 per cent of the hotel’s workers were let go during the pandemic, when the hotel was used as a quarantine site.