Local 40 Headlines... Spring issue of The Mixer now on-line  June, 2008 - Members of UNITE HERE Local 40 are now receiving the Spring issue of their member magazine, The Mixer, in the mail. Feature articles include a report on the recent union elections and updates on ongoing union activities. Building Worker Power is the theme of this season's news magazine and features overviews of events union members have participated in.
All members are encouraged to participate in their union news magazine and can submit photos, articles and stories from their workplaces. For more information, contact the editor at themixer@local40union.com.
Union encourages members to remember the fallen and injured on Day of Mourning, April 28 April 14, 2008 - UNITE HERE Local 40 is encouraging members to take a moment on Monday, April 28, 2008, to acknowledge those who have been injured or killed on the job as part of the International Day of Mourning. Local 40 president Jim Pearson plans on taking part in a local Labour Council event taking place at Burnaby City Hall and invites Local 40 members to also participate. For more information about events taking place in your community, click here.
Membership returns Pearson & Ervin to top leadership positions, joined by new VP Lorrie Dyer 
Members of Local 40's Election Committee are shown above counting the votes from the union's election campaign. March 1, 2008 - In a mail ballot vote counted yesterday at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown Hotel in Burnaby, UNITE HERE Local 40 President Jim Pearson and Secretary Treasurer Shelly Ervin were returned to the union's leadership positions and are now joined by the union's new Vice President Lorrie Dyer. Read more here.
Benefits provider ARM Management now on-line February 9, 2008 - Many members of Local 40 receive their negotiated Health Care & Pension Benefit packages through ARM Management. The company has recently launched their new website that features details of the benefits provided to Local 40 members at their various workplaces. To find out details of your benefit package, click here. To download your claim forms, please visit the company's website at www.armmanagement.ca.
Hilton Hotel Workers in Burnaby ratify a new collective agreement that brings them in line for 2010 negotiations! 
January 24, 2008 - Hotel workers at the Hilton Metrotown Vancouver Hotel in Burnaby ratified their new collective agreement today by a margin of 85%, bringing them up to the contract standard of their union brothers and sisters working in the downtown Vancouver corporate hotels. Local 40 President Jim Pearson said, "The workers at this hotel have shown each other and their employer that when they are determined they can achieve tremendous gains. Their hard work and solid stand have been rewarded with a groundbreaking contract that sets the stage for 2010 negotiations, when workers at this hotel will be lined up with their UNITE HERE brothers and sisters working in similar corporate hotels in Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, DC and tourist cities in Hawaii will be negotiating." Over the term of the three year agreement, hotel workers at the Hilton will see 12% wage increases, with some departments that were seriously lagging behind the minimum standard getting an additional bump of up to 21% wage increases. The hotel workers will see their new wages reflected in paycheques starting in February. On behalf of the Hilton Hotel Workers, UNITE HERE Local 40 would like to thank their community, political and labour partners who helped achieve this groundbreaking new contract by showing their strong support for the Hilton Hotel Workers. The hotel workers at the Hilton will now be joining with workers from the DVA in Richmond and the downtown Vancouver corporate hotels as they fight for their Local 40 brothers and sisters at the Holiday Inn Vancouver Centre on Broadway in Vancouver to move that round of bargaining forward as it has reached a critical stage.
Workers at Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond ratify new contract by a margin of 99%! January 23, 2008 - Hotel Workers at the DVA in Richmond ratified their new collective agreement today by a margin of 99% when they voted to accept the terms of a new three-year contract that rewards them with12% wage increases plus significant benefit and pension improvements. Local 40 President Jim Pearson said, "The workers at this hotel were the strongest and most united I have ever seen them. They grasped the full meaning of the Hotel Workers RISING! program and worked very hard to secure this remarkable win. Proudly, they now join with thousands of other UNITE HERE Hotel Workers who will be bargaining in 2010 at similar corporate hotels throughout North America." Housekeepers at the DVA also achieved a workload decrease with these tough negotiations that saw workers sending delegations to their employer, holding rallies and workplace committee meetings. They gathered major support from UNITE HERE's friends in the community, including a very strong showing from faith-based organizations, politicians and supporters in the labour movement who were on the verge of instituting a major boycott at this property with threatening to remove more than a million dollars worth of future business from this hotel. Workers at the DVA were also successful in negotiating a Prescription Drug Card in this round of bargaining, as well as securing two personal days by the end of the contract. The hotel workers at the DVA will now be focusing on showing their support, strength and solidarity with their Local 40 brothers and sisters at the Holiday Inn Vancouver Centre on Broadway in Vancouver where workers have yet to secure a new agreement as bargaining reaches a critical point with this employer.
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