By Brishti Basu | The Tyee Summer is typically when restaurants hire and train new workers. During the 2021 heat dome, that meant few breaks for Khushi Mehta and her …
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By Brishti Basu | The Tyee After six months at the bargaining table, about 200 food service workers at Vancouver’s airport have voted to take strike action if their demands for pay increases …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitrator rules public protests by Pinnacle Hotel workers over lack of daily cleaning services are a matter for the courts, not arbitration
An arbitrator has refused to issue a ruling in a legal battle between Vancouver’s Pinnacle Hotel and its union in the wake of vocal public protests by workers who were …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Room attendant who alleged manager called her ‘garbage’ was not bullied, harassed: Arbitrator
An arbitrator has ruled that a room attendant at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver was not subjected to bullying or harassment by her supervisors. The attendant, who is part of the …
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FeaturedRecommendedSexual Harassment
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver loses bid to have human rights complaint tossed from worker it fired for alleged poor performance
The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver has lost its attempt to have a sexual harassment and discrimination complaint from a worker it fired over alleged performance issues dismissed by the British Columbia …
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
Behind the blue wall: The toxic culture that left a Vancouver police officer dead
By Jason Walker, University Canada West In January 2019, Const. Nicole Chan — a 30-year-old, nine-year member of the Vancouver Police Department — took her own life hours after being …
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By Zak Vescera | The Tyee The crew at the Georgia Straight wrote until the bitter end, filing stories and chronicling Vancouver’s culture after the paycheques stopped flowing and the printer …
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Cathay Pacific manager awarded $170K after losing job during COVID-19 pandemic
A former employee at Cathay Pacific Airways has been awarded nearly $170,000 in wrongful dismissal damages by the Supreme Court of British Columbia after her employment was terminated. Frances Okano, …
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