Media Advisory: SFU Dining Workers to Hold Demonstration and March for Living Wages

Vancouver, BC – SFU dining workers and their campus allies will be holding a demonstration on Wednesday, November 5, to demand the University become a permanent living wage employer.  SFU committed to paying living wages to contracted dining workers in the past, but the workers are paid considerably less than the Metro Vancouver living wage of $27.05 per hour.  At the same time, SFU’s top four executives have received total compensation increases ranging from $38,000 to over $89,000 since 2023, on top of their six-figure salaries.

The contracted workers, employed by Compass Group, began negotiations in January in advance of the expiry of their collective agreement in April. The workers are members of UNITE HERE Local 40.

WHAT: Protest and March at SFU Burnaby Campus

WHEN: TODAY – Wednesday, November 5

TIME: Action begins at 10:30AM

WHERE: Strand Hall, E Campus Rd., Burnaby, BC.

VISUALS: Workers, students, and faculty carrying colourful signs, holding flags, marching and chanting.

MEDIA CONTACT: Michelle Travis, [email protected], 778-960-9785