Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel union approves agreement after 6-month lockout

CBC News

· Posted: May 12, 2025 5:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Workers astatine the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel successful downtown Montreal person overwhelmingly approved a caller corporate agreement, ending a lockout that lasted astir six months.

Roughly 600 employees voted 91 per cent successful favour of a colony projected by a conciliator. 

The quality constricted work astatine the 950-room luxury hotel, which closed for the vacation play connected Dec. 21.

The woody includes a 21 per cent wage summation implicit 4 years, higher leader contributions to radical insurance, and improvements to training, abrogation clip and tipping policies, according to a quality merchandise issued by the Fédération du commerce (FC–CSN).

The statement besides includes caller limits connected the usage of staffing agencies and measures to trim workloads — including a headdress of 12 rooms per time for country attendants. 

Six different hotels progressive successful the aforesaid circular of co-ordinated bargaining person yet to scope agreements. 

They see the Hôtel Concorde and Hôtel Clarendon successful Quebec City, the Holiday Inn Sinomonde and Hilton Garden Inn successful Montreal, the Quality Inn successful Dorval and the Château Roberval successful Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.

The CSN's 11th circular of co-ordinated edifice bargaining includes much than 3,500 workers astatine 29 hotels crossed respective regions of Quebec.