Lake Louise Ski Resort staff laid off three weeks after fire | 24CA News
Some Lake Louise Ski Resort workers have been laid off three weeks after a fireplace destroyed the Charleston Residence.
The residence, generally known as “Chucktown” among the many ski resort workers, was burnt down on July 3 after emergency crews responded to experiences of a hearth and a person standing on the roof in misery.
The residence, which housed round 165 workers, was evacuated quickly after.
Later that day, police mentioned they charged a person with arson following the hearth.
Dave Schbeck, common supervisor of Lake Louise Ski Resort, mentioned the resort is constructing long-term lodging that may present 88 workers with rooms and beds.
But the resort mentioned it had bother discovering lodging for all of the workers members who misplaced their properties and belongings. Despite bringing in momentary housing, there weren’t sufficient rooms to accommodate all of the workers members.
As a end result, the ski resort laid off round 10 per cent of its workers within the meals and beverage division.
“We’ve scaled back the hours of our restaurants, and it’s a direct result of the number of beds before us,” Schbeck informed Global News.
“It was a dialogue with the division heads and managers. … The backside line is none of us wish to be on this place.
“We’ve taken positive steps by reaching out to businesses who are looking to hire and told (former staff) we’d give them copies of their passports and work visas.”
Some of the laid-off workers should not pleased with the resort’s response.
Evan Svendsen was employed to work on the resort as a dishwasher at a restaurant three weeks earlier than the hearth. Like many workers members, he misplaced the whole lot within the hearth.
But he informed Global News there hasn’t been plenty of communication for the reason that hearth occurred. Many workers members have been underneath the impression they’d job safety at Lake Louise Ski Resort.
“After they fired a bunch of us yesterday, some people don’t have passports or IDs or visas. They can’t even get on a plane or go home. They’re kind of stranded now in a foreign country,” Svendsen mentioned Tuesday.
“The reason that we got was that there just wasn’t enough housing for us. … I’ve been staying at Sunshine Village, and initially, I was told I could be there until the end of September. But then they changed their mind and said I have to be out by Saturday.”
Svendsen additionally mentioned some workers have give up their jobs in protest of the layoffs.
“Everyone feels like family here, so people have been quitting out of protest. After I got fired, my co-worker quit yesterday. So now they’re down to one dishwasher left,” he mentioned.
Jade Weiting has been a meals and beverage workers member on the resort for greater than a yr earlier than she was laid off. An Australian citizen, Weiting cancelled a flight to go house as a result of she renewed her contract with the resort simply earlier than the hearth.
Weiting is now ready for a brand new passport to reach earlier than she books a flight to go house. She was informed that she might get hold of photocopies of her passport.
“I’m kind of just floating around being my own as a human being with no documents,” she informed Global News.
“I haven’t looked at getting a job just yet. My visa runs out very, very soon.
“But the paperwork they’ve given us is quite crazy. … You physically cannot use that as ID. If I hand over a photocopy of my visa saying I can work in Canada, they’re going to be like, ‘Well, what is this? This is not a legitimate government document.’”
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