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Richmond News: NDP Leaders wades into fight to reinstate fired Richmond hotel workers
Dec. 20, 2021

The Province: Opinion: Racialized women bear the brunt of pandemic terminations in hotels
Dec. 19, 2021

Vancouver Sun: Judge Approves Class Action Lawsuit against Pan Pacific over Covid Terminations
Dec. 15, 2021

Vancouver Sun: BC Hotel Union says High Percentage of Women of Colour Fired Amounts to ‘Racism and Sexism’
Dec. 6, 2021

CBC Front Burner: Labour Shortage or Short-Changed Labour?
Oct. 27, 2021

Press Progress: This BC Hotel Fired Workers During the Pandemic. Most Who Lost Their Jobs Were Women of Colour
Oct. 25, 2021

Global News: Fired Housekeepers File Human Rights Complaint Against Vancouver Hotel
Oct. 19, 2021

Nanaimo News Bulletin: Coast Bastion Hotel Workers Express Frustration with Contract Talks
Sep. 26, 2021

Vancouver Sun: Hospitality Workers and Employers Sign Four-Year Deal in BC
Sep. 13, 2021

Labor Notes: Hotels Don’t Waste a Crisis
Aug. 25, 2021

Burnaby Now: Locked Out Burnaby Workers Picket South Korean Consulate Over Mass Firings
Aug. 20, 2021

Burnaby Now: ‘Unfair and Shameful’: Hilton Metrotown Workers, Unions Hold Sit-In as Lockout Continues
Aug. 5, 2021

Vancouver Sun: Workers Protest at Metro Vancouver Hotel over Layoffs, Pressuring Province to Intervene
Aug. 6, 2021

City News Vancouver: Groups Worry for Workers in Hospitality Sector
Aug. 4, 2021

TriCity News: Port Coquitlam Protest Wants Terminated Richmond Hotel Workers Rehired
July 30, 2021

Burnaby Now: Petition Launched to Boycott Burnaby’s Hilton Hotel as Lockout Drags On
July 22, 2021

City News Edmonton: Threat of Boycott of 3 Edmonton Hotels Over BC Labour Dispute
July 13, 2021

Edmonton Journal: Workers Rally at Edmonton Hotel over BC Layoffs, Boycotting Group of Hotels
July 13, 2021

Burnaby Now: Federal NDP Leaders Backs Burnaby Hotel Workers Protesting Over Mass Firings
July 6, 2021

Hill Times: Are Federal Subsidies Rewarding Hospitality Employers Who Undercut ‘Inclusive’ Recovery?
June 30, 2021

Press Progress: Hotel Workers Are Fighting for their Right to be Recalled to Work After the Pandemic Ends. They Could Lose their Jobs for Good
June 8, 2021

Hill Times: Union Demands ‘Transparency” On Quarantine Hotel Program after Women, Racialized Workers Let Go Amid Pandemic
June 7, 2021

Burnaby Now: BC Unions Threaten to Pull $2M in Business from Burnaby Hotel if Lockout Continues
June 3, 2021

City News Montreal: Staff at Quarantine Hotel Strike for Laid-off Co-Workers
May 3, 2021

Global TV: Laid-off Workers Set Up Pickets at Vancouver Quarantine Hotel
May 3, 2021

News 1130: Staff at Richmond’s Pacific Gateway quarantine hotel strike for laid off coworkers
May 3, 2021

Richmond News: Richmond Quarantine Hotel Workers Walk Out on Strike
May 3, 2021

Georgia Straight: Workers Stage Job Action at Pacific Gateway Hotel in Richmond
May 3, 2021

BIV: 1200 B.C. hospitality workers face potential lockout
April 30, 2021

Vancouver Sun: Burnaby passes motion to support hotel workers   
April 27, 2021

Burnaby Now: Burnaby hotel workers locked out
April 17, 2021

Press Release: Pan Pacific Workers Bring Second Class Action Lawsuit 
April 12, 2021

Burnaby Now: ‘Get back to the table’ urges Burnaby Mayor in Metrotown Hilton labour dispute                                                                                                                                             April 6, 2021

Panel: Unequal Women in BC and the Path to Recovery
April 1, 2021

The Canadian Press: Women, immigrants bear brunt of COVID-19 impacts on tourism industry: report
March 12, 2021

The Vancouver Sun: COVID-19: Workers at federal quarantine hotel near Vancouver airport issue 72-hour strike notice
March 11, 2021

CBC News Network with Rosemary Barton (at 1:25:00): The Pandemic One Year Later & Mass Vaccinations Begin
March 7, 2021

Victoria City Council Passes Motion to Support Laid-off Hospitality Workers
March 4, 2021

Burnaby Mayor to Hilton Metrotown: Stop Pandemic Firings of Women
March 2, 2021

Vancouver Sun: Workers at federal quarantine hotel near Vancouver airport vote to strike
February 26, 2021

Burnaby Now: Burnaby hotel workers escalate job action to roll back mass firings
February 23, 2021

Hilton Vancouver Metrotown Workers Launch Job Action; Unequal Women Stand Up to Protect Jobs
February 19, 2021

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel Over Reckless Mass Terminations of Long-Term Workers
January 20, 2021

Vancouver Sun: Hotel workers’ union files class-action suit over 100 COVID dismissals at Pan Pacific
January 21, 2021

CHEK News: Union disputes terminations at Coast Bastion Hotel in Nanaimo
December 19, 2020

Global News: Pacific Gateway Hotel Workers call on Govt to save their jobs
December 7, 2020