US EditionSix-month lockout ends at Montreal’s storied Queen Elizabeth hotel
- Workers at Montreal's Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel ended a nearly six-month lockout by approving a new collective agreement in May 2025.
- The lockout followed protracted negotiations during the 11th round of coordinated bargaining involving over 3,500 workers at 29 Quebec hotels.
- The settlement, proposed by a conciliator, includes a 21% wage increase over four years plus improved training, vacation, tipping policies, and workload limits.
- Approximately 600 employees voted, with 91% supporting the agreement that limits room attendants to 12 rooms daily and raises employer insurance contributions.
- The deal restores service at the 950-room hotel, ending disruptions amid ongoing negotiations at six other hotels still without agreements.
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Six-month lockout ends at Montreal's storied Queen Elizabeth hotel
MONTREAL — Unionized employees at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel have agreed to a new contract, putting an end to a six-month lockout at the storied Montreal landmark. A news release by the hotel says workers voted 91 per cent in favour of a new deal on Monday, after they were locked out by management […]
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CFJC Today KamloopsSix-month lockout ends at Montreal’s storied Queen Elizabeth hotel
MONTREAL - Unionized employees at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel have agreed to a new contract, putting an end to a six-month lockout at the storied Montreal landmark.
Union members of the Fairmont Hotel Le Reine Elizabeth, downtown Montreal, endorsed 91% of the agreement-in-principle reached with respect to the renewal of their collective agreement.
MONTREAL — The Hotel Association of Greater Montreal welcomes the end of the conflict at the Fairmont Hotel Queen Elizabeth, while the union members endorsed the agreement in principle that had taken place with respect to the renewal of their collective agreement. On Monday, the trade union of the Federation of Commerce, affiliated with the CSN, which represents the approximately 600 workers, indicated that its members had endorsed in a proporti…
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