"Shuttered Great Duke hotel staff to strike today", 20 January 2020

Approximately 140 former staff of the now shuttered Great Duke Hotel in the capital are planning a strike this morning to seek a resolution from owners of the hotel as compensation is now overdue.

The once famed Inter Continental five-star hotel staff changed its name to Great Duke Hotel and since then, occupancy had began to drop due to maintenance and service related issues. The workers said they will continue to strike until a proper solution is reached.

The protest will be held in two locations, one in front of the hotel itself, and another in front of the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training.

Lawyers representing the owner of the Great Duke Hotel, ..., does not seem to have any direction from the property owners to reach an agreement with the staff, a union president said.

In an attempt to resolve the problem, the union has met with the hotel’s owners twice, the first time before announcing the closure of the hotel ..., when a lawyer notified the staff of the hotel’s closure.

Mr Kosal said that the second meeting with the hotel’s lawyer ... had not been successful and the company did not agree to the request of the former employees...