Richmond News
Three hotels in Richmond will be boycotted by the city after a second vote on the issue was passed with a 6-3 vote on Monday afternoon by Richmond city councillors.
This vote extended a boycott to the Marriott and Hilton hotels, currently in the same block as the Sheraton Vancouver Airport hotel that has been behind picket lines for seven months. …
In the end, Mayor Malcolm Brodie and Couns. Andy Hobbs and Alexa Loo voted against expanding the boycott to the two other hotels.
Brodie noted the labour dispute was only with Sheraton workers, not the workers in the Marriott and Hilton.
Furthermore, he said the striking workers who spoke to them said the fault all lies with the management.
“I think if you hear from management on that, they have a very different version of that,” he added. …