Rotating Hotel Strikes Continue Friday
Posted September 17, 2010 8:38 am.
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Hotel strikes continue as the Toronto International Film Festival winds down this week.
Workers at the Toronto Hilton on Richmond Street West and the airport Hilton hit the bricks Friday due to a lack of movement in the bargaining process.
Hotel employees in the Westmont chain have been participating in rotating one-day strikes for the past two weeks. The workers, represented by Unite Here local 75, are upset about working conditions, increased work load due to layoffs and wages.
The union claims the hotel chain used the recession to justify staff cuts and it says the chain has rebounded well from the economic downturn. Many staff members have been working without a contract since February.
