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posted by SandraCuffe in on Oct 26, 2010 - View profile
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Support Rally for Striking Hotel Workers
UniteHere local 75 Delta Chelsea Hotel Workers to Walk Out, Picket, Strike
12:00pm
Wednesday October 27 2010
October 26, 2010
MEDIA ADVISORY
Delta Chelsea workers on brink of strikeWorkers at giant downtown hotel warn that work stoppage may last longer
TORONTO- Negotiations at the giant Delta Chelsea hotel broke down on election day as hotel owners failed to make progress on key issues surrounding safer workloads, job security, wages, and benefits. On Wednesday, October 27, 2010, workers there will walk out, starting a two-week strike.
Feliz Serrano, a 30-year server at the Delta Chelsea says: “How long do you have to work at a hotel before you can expect the security of a 40-hour week? After 30 years of service to the hotel, I am lucky if I get 30 hours of work a week. The Delta Chelsea continues to take away our rights to work and have a decent life. We have waited long enough. It’s time we get what we deserve.”
The workers reached a strike/lockout deadline last week, and voted 95% to authorize a strike earlier this summer. Picket lines will go up around the hotel’s several entrances by 7 AM on Wednesday, October 27.
Join us tomorrow for a press conference and solidarity rally at the Delta Chelsea with John Cartwright, President of the Toronto and York Region Labour Council and Nancy Pridham, OPSEU Vice President.
Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Delta Chelsea Hotel, 33 Gerrard St. (Gerrard & Yonge)
The Delta Hotels & Resorts chain was purchased by the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bcIMC) from Fairmont in 2007. Delta operates the Delta Chelsea hotel, along with the Delta Toronto East and Delta Airport West, also currently in negotiations with UNITE HERE Local 75.
Local 75 represents over 7,000 hotel, hospitality and gaming workers in the Greater Toronto Area. For more information, please contact cch@uniteherelocal75.org
Organizer:cch@uniteherelocal75.org
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