On Wednesday, April 28, HIR served lockout notice at the BC Labour Relations Board, which officially processed the 72-hour notice, which can take effect at 3:49 p.m. on Friday, April 30.
However, Delta Kamloops vice-president and general manager Bryan Pilbeam said there is no plan to lock out employees at his hotel.
“Delta Kamloops has absolutely zero intention of locking out our employees or negatively impacting them in any way,” Pilbeam told KTW. “We are speaking directly to our employees about that and and we are really disappointed that the union would spread untruths about it.”
In response, Robert Demand, executive director of Unite Here Local 40, the union representing workers at the Delta, Plaza and 30 other locations, said there seems to be disconnect between the employer group and its members.