As per reports, around 2,600 unionized employees from hotels in some of the different cities of Canada walked off the job on Thursday (08 August), protesting an impasse in contract talks. The 24-hour strike hit 23 hotels in Montreal, Quebec City and Sherbrooke.

Hotel employees have seven key demands, including a 36 percent pay raise over four years and an end to the use of private employment agencies. The strike involved 16 Montreal hotels, including the Queen Elizabeth, Bonaventure, and The Ritz-Carlton, five in the Quebec City region and two in Sherbrooke.