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Contract Worker Justice campaign seeks progress after meeting with SFU president

News May 18, 2021

Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer SFU currently hires their food and cleaning service workers through the third-party company Chartwells Canada. It has been a month since the Contract Worker Justice campaign sent an open letter to president Joy Johnson and vice-president finance Martin Pochurko asking them to end the contract and rehire workers directly. Representatives sat down with the administration in a meeting to discuss the campaign’s goals.  In an interview with campaign co-founder John Calvert said initially ending the contract and “bringing the work back was not something that [Johnson] could see doing in the immediate term.” In…

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SF-ood

EIC March 12, 2012

After a 50-year food fight, can changes to SFU food services really make the cut? By Ariane Madden Photos By Mark Burnham It's 5:21 p.m. on a Tuesday, and you suddenly find yourself running from Images Theatre to McKenzie Café in…

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