Quebec Hotel Workers in Three Cities Strike Over Lagging Contract Talks

Workers demonstrate in front of the Hilton DoubleTree in downtown Montreal on Aug. 8, 2024. The Canadian Press/Pierre Saint-Arnaud

About 2,600 unionized employees from hotels in some of the province’s largest cities walked off the job Thursday, protesting an impasse in contract talks.

The 24-hour strike hit 23 hotels in Montreal, Quebec City and Sherbrooke.