YVR Janitor Strike Day 1. Photo by Michael Y.C. Tseng
The cleaners plan to set up lawful picket lines at undisclosed areas of the airport and are asking airport workers who have the legal right to honour picket lines to not cross.
35 Bee Clean janitors at the Innio Waukesha plant in Welland, Ontario, and the Outlet Collection at Niagara in Niagara-on-the-Lake have joined SEIU Local 2.
SEIU Local 2's two-week paid Organizing Apprenticeship Program starts on October 28 in Vancouver. Application deadline is September 30. Organizing Apprentice positions will be available in various provinces.
Dozens of cleaners, including workers at Abbotsford International Airport, may be going on strike. The cleaners, members of the SEIU, are employed by the cleaning contractor, Dexterra Group.