Striking YVR janitors to escalate job action on Christmas Eve [Video]

Janitors at Vancouver International Airport (YVR), who have been on strike since Thursday, plan to escalate their job action on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2 said its 233 YVR members walked off the job on Dec. 19 and have been without a contract since the end of September.

Negotiations with the workers’ employer, Alpine Building Maintenance, broke down over wages, which are not keeping up with the rising cost of living, SEIU Local 2 said in a news release on Monday.

The union said the cleaners have rallied since Dec. 20 in the airport’s designated demonstration area, Chester Johnson Park, and plan to move their picket line on Tuesday at 9 a.m. PT.

WATCH | Janitors at YVR strike for better wages: Janitors who clean Vancouver’s international airport (YVR) have gone on strike, over a wage dispute with their employers Alpine Maintenance.

The union did not …