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The Rosewood Hotel Georgia in Downtown Vancouver is the latest to win the right to block striking workers from using sirens, loud drums and noisemakers at the picket line.

Unionized workers have been on strike outside the Hotel Georgia (at Georgia and Howe streets) since Sept 22. The Pinnace Hotel Harbourfront (on Hastings between Thurlow and Bute streets); Hyatt Regency (on Burrard between Dunsmuir and Georgia streets); and the Westin Bayshore (on the water at the top end of Cardero Street) have been behind picket lines since Sept. 19.

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On Oct. 2 it was ruled that strikers outside the Pinnacle, Hyatt and Bayshore couldn’t use sirens and could only use whistles and drums on the picket line if the sound was less than 75 decibels. It was also ruled strikers couldn’t impede the movement of people and vehicles on hotel premises.

In a ruling released Friday, Supreme Court of B.C. Justice Nitya Iyer said the Oct. 2 ruling was different to the one presented to her by the Hotel Georgia because its striking workers weren’t impeding traffic. This case was simply the employee trying to get the nuisance noise bans in place similar to the other three hotels.