Striking Best Western Plus workers to vote on company's ‘final offer'
Workers strike in front of Windsor's Best Western Plus hotel on Riverside Drive West in Windsor, Ont. on June 3, 2025. (Michelle Maluske/CTV News Windsor)
Striking workers at Best Western Plus Waterfront Hotel in Windsor will vote on the company's 'final offer'.
According to Ironwood Management Corporation, the Ontario Labour Relations Board through the Ministry of Labour will hold a vote with the unionized workers on Monday, June 16.
Last week, the management corporation said the offer would provide employees the best overall compensation of any private-sector hotel in the region and that they asked Unifor Local 195 to allow its members to vote on the proposal, but the request was denied.
Ironwood is the official management company of the Best Western Plus Windsor Waterfront on behalf of its owner FHC Hotels & Resorts.
37 full and part time workers at the hotel hit the picket line to back contract demands on Sunday, June 1.
There have been no new talks between the company and union since the workers went out on strike.
The union represents workers in guest services, housekeeping, and maintenance.
~ By Rob Hindi, AM800 News.
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