Unionized members of four more Montreal area hotels have given their leaders a strike mandate. Employees of the Maritime Hotel, voted 90 per cent in favour of a 72-hour strike on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the unionized workers at the Hilton Laval, Ruby Foo's and the Nouvel Hotel voted 96 per cent, 93 per cent and 72 per cent respectively in favour of giving their union leaders permission to declare a strike. These 72-hour strikes can occur in a block of three days or piecemeal. Eight other hotels in the greater Montreal area have already voted on or taken some strike action,, including the Delta Centre-Ville and the Regency Hyatt. Unionized employees at 41 hotels are currently negotiating for new contracts. Hours of work, a better retirement package, a better balance of work and family time and the elimination of management using personnel agencies to hire outside the union are the key points in the employees demands.