In early April, 2025, Toronto York Region Labour Council President Andria Babbington responded to Fairmont Regional Vice President Edwin Frizzell, addressing the company’s escalation against Royal York shop stewards. See the letter below.
Response Letter to Royal York - Toronto & York Region Labour Council 04.07.2025In late March, Fairmont Regional Vice President, Central Canada and General Manager of the Royal York Edwin Frizzell responded to Labour Council President Andria Babbington. See the letter below.
Fairmont Response to TYRLC PresidentBabbington Letter ResponseIn late March, 2025, Toronto York & Region Labour Council President Andria Babbington wrote to Fairmont Regional Vice President Edwin Frizzell in support of the Royal York workers the Company held out of service.
Letter to Royal York - Toronto & York Region Labour Council 3.24.2025On March 14, 2025, Local 75 Leadership, Executive Board members, and Royal York members delegated the company in response to its trespass notices and ongoing hostility towards our Union. Read our open regarding Fairmont’s unprecedented trespass notices and continued hostility toward Union Leadership:
RY L75 E Board Letter Final 3.14.2025Memorandum of Settlement
Memorandum of Settlement 12.6.2024
Term, Wages and Signing Bonus
Term, Wages and Signing Bonus
Amendments to the Existing Collective Agreement
Amendments to the Existing Collective Agreement
UNITE HERE Local 75 members at the Fairmont Royal York have not had a wage increase since 2021, demand raises to keep ahead of skyrocketing costs
TORONTO, Friday November 15, 2024 – Last night, more than 300 workers rallied at the Fairmont Royal York, calling on the hotel to agree to significant raises ahead of Taylor Swift’s six-night residency at the Rogers Center. While hotel companies in Toronto are charging fans upwards of $2000 a night for a room, workers who will serve the influx of Swift fans in Toronto hotels are bargaining for raises that keep ahead of the exploding cost of living.
Workers at the Fairmont have not seen raises since November 2021, and workers at the Toronto Marriott City Centre and other hotels are gearing up for their next round of negotiations.
“We’re excited to welcome Taylor Swift’s fans to our hotel. I’m a fan, myself,” says Grace Guanzon a Room Attendant who has served the Fairmont hotel for 30 years. “But we’re living on 2021 wages in 2024. Everything is more expensive – food, rent, transportation. It’s upsetting to see hotels profit at the expense of music fans and their workers.”
Royal York workers have fallen behind the standard UNITE HERE achieved at other hotels across the GTA. The Union has been negotiating a new contract with the hotel since April 2022. The local represents over 8,000 hospitality workers in the region.
“At the end of the day, this is about respect,” says Shelli Sareen, Secretary Treasurer of UNITE HERE! Local 75, “Fairmont knows our members deserve a strong contract. Our members provide 5-star service, they deserve a 5-star contract with wages that reflect their hard work they put into the hotel day after day.”
Sareen added “We’re looking forward to welcoming Ms. Swift’s fans to our city and we expect to serve thousands more in our hotels. We want fans to know that while they’re spending so much money here, hotel workers are not getting their fair share.”
