Release of Report – ‘SFU: Becoming the First Living Wage University in Canada’
Lat year the Living Wage for Families Campaign, in conjunction with a number of groups in SFU, undertook a survey of low wage workers in the University. Following on from this process the ‘SFU Living Wage Campaign’ was formed with the aim of persuading SFU to become the first Living Wage Campus in Canada. As the first step in this campaign we would like to invite you to the release of the report:
‘Simon Fraser University: Becoming the First Living Wage University in Canada’
on February 20th, 2013 at 12.30pm-1.30pm
In the West Mall Atrium, SFU.
Hosted by SFU Alumni,
Mae Burrows.
Speakers: Professor Marjorie Griffin Cohen, SFU
Michael McCarthy Flynn, Living Wage for Families Campaign
John Bannister, CUPE 3338
Tea and Coffee
About: This community-based collaborative research report assesses the extent and nature of low wage poverty experienced by people working in Simon Fraser University (SFU) and explores the options open to SFU to address this issue. This event will be the first of a series of dialogues with all members of the SFU community around this issue and provide an opportunity to explore how SFU can ensure that everybody in SFU earns a Living Wage.
Read a summary of the report:
Report Summary
Sign the Petition
http://livingwagesfu.wordpress.com/join-us-get-involved/
Keep up to date with the ‘SFU Living Wage Campaign’ on Social Media:
Facebook and Twitter
e: [email protected]
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Hotel Workers Rally in Nanaimo and Vancouver
After a year of bargaining, hotel workers are standing up throughout BC to fight for better standards on the job. In Nanaimo, workers from Howard Johnson Harbourside Hotel and their supporters from the Nanaimo Duncan & District Labour Council rallied on July 5, 2013. Howard Johnson workers are saying “NO” to an aggregate wage increase of only 25¢ over four years and to LESS money toward their health and pension benefits than what is being offered to workers in the Lower Mainland. This would make their benefits inferior to what a fellow member would receive in Vancouver!
Howard Johnson is one of dozens of hotels and pubs currently in multi-employer bargaining across the province. Hotel workers in Vancouver have also rallied in recent months at Wedgwood Hotel, Holiday Inn & Suites Vancouver Downtown , Best Western Chateau Granville, and elsewhere to protest the offer tabled by management.
Check back for more updates on hotel bargaining in BC.
UNITE HERE and Hyatt Reach Agreement; Ends Global Boycott
UNITE HERE Local 40 Welcomes New Members at Vancouver International Airport
Over 300 Vancouver International Airport (YVR) concession workers employed by Host have joined UNITE HERE Local 40, BC’s hospitality workers union. Starbucks, White Spot, Burger King and retail workers have united with nearly 200 previously unionized YVR concessions workers to raise standards for all concession workers at YVR. This effort was led by Union and non-union workers who mobilized to win recognition and a contract for non-union Host workers. This organizing victory is a direct result of Local 40 members winning their 2010 strike and lockout, which centered on the issue of job security at YVR.
This is a particularly important victory for airport concession workers, many of whom work two or three jobs in order to support themselves and their families. They also face the perennial threat of having their units closed, putting some workers at risk of losing their jobs. Together, we will raise standards and fight to create good, stable jobs at YVR.
Congratulations to Robert Demand, Local 40’s New President
Congratulations to the new Executive Board and to the newly elected and re-elected officers of UNITE HERE Local 40!
Event: SFU Living Wage Campaign Launch on February 20
Release of Report – ‘SFU: Becoming the First Living Wage University in Canada’
Lat year the Living Wage for Families Campaign, in conjunction with a number of groups in SFU, undertook a survey of low wage workers in the University. Following on from this process the ‘SFU Living Wage Campaign’ was formed with the aim of persuading SFU to become the first Living Wage Campus in Canada. As the first step in this campaign we would like to invite you to the release of the report:
‘Simon Fraser University: Becoming the First Living Wage University in Canada’
on February 20th, 2013 at 12.30pm-1.30pm
In the West Mall Atrium, SFU.
Hosted by SFU Alumni,
Mae Burrows.
Speakers: Professor Marjorie Griffin Cohen, SFU
Michael McCarthy Flynn, Living Wage for Families Campaign
John Bannister, CUPE 3338
Tea and Coffee
About: This community-based collaborative research report assesses the extent and nature of low wage poverty experienced by people working in Simon Fraser University (SFU) and explores the options open to SFU to address this issue. This event will be the first of a series of dialogues with all members of the SFU community around this issue and provide an opportunity to explore how SFU can ensure that everybody in SFU earns a Living Wage.
Read a summary of the report:
Report Summary
Sign the Petition
http://livingwagesfu.wordpress.com/join-us-get-involved/
Keep up to date with the ‘SFU Living Wage Campaign’ on Social Media:
Facebook and Twitter
e: [email protected]
w: livingwagesfu.wordpress.com