Hundreds of hospitality workers took over Burrard Street near the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver Wednesday to press the government and their employers for better job security following mass layoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Zailda Chan, Unite Here Local 40 president, said the demonstrations were "a powerful message to our employers and our government that tourism workers are not disposable." Hospitality workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 40, hold a car caravan protest on Burrard Street in Vancouver on Wednesday. Chan says they're asking for a 24-month guarantee of job security from their employers. Zailda Chan, president of United Here Local 40, says the union is asking for a 24-month guarantee of job security from their employers.

Source: CBC News June 04, 2020 01:52 UTC