Workers at the Four Points Sheraton in Montreal have been on strike since Aug. 25. They're demonstrating outside the offices of the Northampton Group, at 2601 Matheson Blvd. E., where the owner of the Montreal Four Points Sheraton is headquartered.
The demonstrators will deliver a letter addressed to Vinod Patel, the Northampton Group's president and CEO. It explains that his Montreal representatives have been negotiating in bad faith and have been convicted under Quebec labour law of illegally using strikebreakers to staff the Montreal hotel. It calls on the company to respect Quebec labour laws and sit down in good faith to negotiate a contract that reflects working conditions at other Montreal hotels.
The 50 employees have been without a contract since June 30. They include employees in reception, chambermaids, maintenance workers, servers, bartenders and cooks.
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