Coordinated bargaining in the hotel industry: 11 agreements now concluded [Video]

Agreements to renew union contracts have now been reached in 11 of the 30 hotels where the Fédération du commerce is holding coordinated negotiations.

Through this coordinated bargaining process, the CSN-affiliated federation sought to reach a settlement with one hotel and extend its provisions to the other establishments, even though they have different employers.

This round of negotiations, which covers hotels in the Montreal, Quebec City, Eastern Townships and Saguenay regions, began last April.

Three more hotels have recently joined the list of those that have already reached a tentative agreement or ratified it. They are the Comfort Inn in Dorval, the Comfort Inn in Pointe-Claire and the Hilton in Quebec City, the union said on Friday.

However, the union members at these three hotels have yet to vote on the tentative agreement, unlike those at the others, where it has already been ratified.

The agreement, which applies to all …