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Contract Worker Justice campaign urges SFU to employ food and service workers directly

Editor's note: a previous version of this article referred to Martin Pochurko as "Porchuko." It has now been corrected.  Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer  SFU students, staff, and worker unions released an open letter to end outsourcing of contract workers. It addressed president Joy Johnson and vice-president finance Martin Pochurko.  In an interview with The Peak, SFU professor and co-founder of the Contract Worker Justice campaign John Calvert said, “COVID-19 has highlighted the vulnerability of these workers.”  He said while UBC and the University of Victoria have made accommodations for their workers throughout the pandemic to prevent mass layoffs, SFU’s…

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