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SFU’s contracted food service workers stage demonstration

By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor  On November 5, SFU’s contracted food service employees took their lunch break collectively to stage a demonstration, demanding a living wage and improved working conditions. Employees from Tim Hortons, Starbucks, Mackenzie Café, the Dining Commons, and catering participated, holding signs and banging drums as they walked around the perimeter of strand hall, SFU’s administrative building. Workers delivered a letter asking SFU president Joy Johnson to meet with them on November 10 at 6:00 p.m. to hear their concerns. The workers’ union, UNITE HERE Local 40, said they are open to arranging another time with Johnson,…

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