Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel to close temporarily this weekend for the Holiday Season
Posted December 20, 2024 11:00 am.
Last Updated December 20, 2024 11:32 am.
The Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal will be closed as of Saturday – temporarily – due to an ongoing labour dispute.
Quebec’s largest hotel made the announcement on Dec. 12 saying that it can’t provide their usual level of service to guests.
The move comes after hotel locked out its unionized workers last month after they rejected a contract proposal partly due to a disagreement over the use of staffing agencies.
The hotel noted that workers at more than 20 other Quebec hotels have accepted similar offers – which included a 21 per cent wage increase over four years, with 10 per cent being implemented in the first year.
The Queen Elizabeth’s 600 unionized workers have held several surprise strikes in recent months.
The union also accused the hotel of hiring replacement workers, after a report from the Labour Department found that hotel employees performed the tasks of unionized workers during a strike in September.
The Queen Elizabeth Hotel has 950 rooms.
