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CWJ hosts rally to continue pushing for in-house food and cleaning contracts

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Content warning: mentions of racism and worker abuse.  SFU has contracts with Best Service Pros and Chartwells Canada for cleaning and dining services respectively. Some groups, however, are hoping to change this. The Peak spoke with Cristina Figueroa, Contract Worker Justice @SFU (CWJ) campaign research assistant, about the growing movement to leave these companies and transition to in-house contracts. In-house contracting refers to direct employment as opposed to contracting through third-party companies. CWJ is “a coalition of SFU workers, faculty, students, and community members fighting to end the outsourcing of food and cleaning services at SFU.”…

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