Two sides will resume talks today
As workers at the Delta Brunswick hotel and Brunswick Square shopping complex head into their seventh day on strike, Fortis Properties and United Steelworkers Local 1-306 will return to the bargaining table today.
Lawrence McKay, Atlantic co-ordinator of United Steelworkers, the union representing the workers, said the two sides will resume talks today at 9:30 a.m. with a mediator at the Hampton Inn.
About 100 workers who work in the hotel’s housekeeping and food and beverage services, as well as parking attendants and maintenance workers serving both the hotel and the mall, have been on strike since Saturday. The workers’ contract with Fortis Properties, which owns Brunswick Square. expired on June 30.
The fact the two sides are going back to the table is a good sign, McKay added, and he’s hopeful they will reach an agreement.
After today’s negotiations, regardless of whether an agreement is reached, the union will meet with the workers to give them an update, McKay said.
Gail Tucker, manager of corporate communications for Fortis Properties, said the company has decided not to make any further comments about the strike.
“We continue to monitor the situation and at this point it remains the same,” Tucker said.
“There are some things scheduled but we don’t want to get into talking about those details publicly.”
Tucker did confirm the hotel and complex are still operating normally and management at the hotel continues to fill the roles of the workers who are off the job.
