Lufthansa Crew Caught In Vancouver Hotel Union Dispute

Serves the FAs right for crossing the line. Scabs!!

Every single one of these people should be fired, the hotel owner should just sell the property, close it and develop condos in the building. This has nothing to do with protesting, it’s militant activism. Maybe you shouldn’t place yourself in front of a bus and then complain you get your foot run over. People are losing their businesses everywhere and no - they don’t have a “right” to keep their job no matter what.

Airlines prefer that the general public does not know the layover hotel (safety reasons) - so I am pretty confident, that the Crew Hotel will change.

Besides, why would they have a crew hotel in Burnaby?

@joe chivas. If you are not being sarcastic it’s an idiotic statement. The crew have absolutely nothing to do with it.

@ Stefan depends on policy and notice , redundancy etc. At least Canada has it, unlike the US where they can lay you off even after years of service , without a cent

Lucky, I'm sure you did your research and saw that the job action has been happening since February. If you’re wondering if the crew were caught by surprise it might be a chance to dust off your Umlauts and put your German to use. ;))) Why not contact the Lufthansa flight attendant and pilot unions (UFO and VC) and ask if they were aware of the labour dispute?

@Stefan
Hate unions much?
Fact is workplaces that unionize are the ones where the employees do not feel valued or respected.
So if a company can’t keep a union from forming it’s because of their own stupidity and myopic decision making. Fire all the managers!

In Europe unions have negotiated decent holidays , redundancy , sick pay , age leave , compassionate leave maternity and paternity leave , pensions ...and a host of other things.

It is bizarre why so many Americans - Republicans of course , hate the concept of workers rights and universal healthcare.

Unions and their dinks are the reason why the service industry in Canada and the US is so f*cked up

It is not easy to just change the crew hotel at short notice. There are agreements, safety checks etc. that are in the background. Did they expect the crew to just get out booking.com and sort something out? Not how things work....

@Icarus
So true. They call themselves the “greatest democracy” on earth but it’s absolutely shocking how the average worker get treated there.

The hotel industry here in the Vancouver area has been pretty draconian towards their employees. News reports of hotels laying workers off with out severance and replacing them with lower paid workers are frequent.

Any thing this people can do to get the word out will be good for them. Thanks for posting this.

As a travel consumer I do take not of what is going on and redirect my travel dollars.

Wait, why are these international arrivals taking a bus halfway across the metro area to a hotel that isn't on the approved covid hotel quarantine list?

And why are protesters allowed to mob at the airport when the airport has requested no one go near it unless they are actually travelling or working there?

There are few better reasons to change a hotel reservation …. than to move to a hotel being picketed. Or shop at a grocery store with a bunch of union whores parading around out front. Or dine at a restaurant with idiots chanting outside.

I proudly and happily will frequent businesses being subjected to union harassment!

@Icarus - Your realize this happened in Canada, right?

@Mike - Democracy is a form of government. It has nothing to do with how private companies treat their employees. And as noted above, this did not happen in the US.

I'm no union protest expert but what does "crossing the picket line" have anything to do with non-union related people.
It definitely means a lot to the workers but isn't it meaningless to bystanders or this case LH crew.

Hah, serves them right. They do the same to passengers frequently. How does it feel to be at the other side? 😀

Sorry for the hotel workers in Canada. Good job with the signs in German.

There were news articles last week about this and the fact that they were going to turn their attention to the Lufthansa crew that layovers at the hotel.
So, for sure they were not caught by surprised. They were warned.

News article from May 13th:
https://canadianaviationnews.wordpress.com/2021/05/13/locked-out-hilton-metrotown-workers-to-stage-demonstration-at-yvr-airport-lufthansa-airline-crew-dont-cross-our-picket-line/

Ah, Yes, the ‘one preventers’ I really meant percenters’ are crawling out of their suburban conclaves to voice their ‘discontent’…presumably never having to make up their bed, clean the bathroom, or vacuum the floors…
Inconsiderate’ is not appropriate…inordinate is more accurate…

Serves the FAs right for crossing the line. Scabs!!

Their litterally not though, they did not serve as replacement workers their not scabs,

Hey, this is a very interesting piece. You mentioned that you have been caught in hotel union protests in the past, and would love to know more about these instances - what the hotel did or did not do to help - what they could have done better, etc. Please do write about them!!

So, ignoring the COVID aspects, have the protesters thought this through?
Unions are important and have done great things (despite some of the fat cats at the top being asshats - at least here in Australia 🙂 ) but this really is a case of cutting off their nose to spite their face.

Think it through: Lufthansa says "Our crew aren't safe!" and change their hotel, using a clause in their agreement re safety of crew to break a contract without financial penalty (you know that's in there).
Lufthansa sends their crew elsewhere.
Original hotel winds up with less income.
Original hotel says "Sorry, we're downsizing"
Guess who gets laid off?

Far better would be to present crew with a smile, a welcome and a pamphlet (along with the signs in German). Lufthansa might then have a chat with the owners about improving things or they're going elsewhere.

Hello? Winning? Everyone gets what they want (& bastard management are coerced to adjust their practices).

Worth a try and better than scaring the money to their competitors (unless, of course, the protesting unionists have already picked up jobs at the competition... 🙂 🙂 ).