Join SFU350 and Contract Workers Justice @SFU (CWJ) for a joint virtual livestream watch-party of the SFU Board of Governors meeting on January 27!
Land acknowledgement: SFU350 and CWJ respectfully acknowledge that we are working on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Katzie, and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) Nations. Unceded means that this land was never surrendered, relinquished or handed over in any way. We continue to be on occupied lands and therefore, we acknowledge that we, as people living and working on these lands, must always centre our movement around Indigenous rights and sovereignty.
About this event: SFU350 and Contract Worker Justice @SFU (CWJ) will be hosting a virtual Livestream Watch-Party during the SFU Board of Governors (BoG) meeting on January 27th. In this meeting, the BoG will respond to SFU350 previous motion concerning the demands in our Climate Emergency Declaration (CED) Open Letter, and the CWJ will present their findings in their preliminary report, Labour Conditions among Contract Cleaning and Food Service Staff at Simon Fraser University.
Please join us for this exciting event where we highlight solidarity amoung students and workers. For more information about the event and to register, go to https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sfu350-x-cwj-joint-livestream-watch-party-event-tickets-250555657717
About Contract Worker Justice @SFU (CWJ): CWJ is a coalition of workers, students, faculty and larger SFU community members fighting to end the contracting-out practice of food service and cleaning work at SFU. CWJ has released a report, Labour Conditions among Contract Cleaning and Food Service Staff at Simon Fraser University, which summarizes the preliminary findings of worker interviews that the coalition has been conducting since October 2021. The report outlines impoverishment, degradation, unsafe working conditions, and more. These findings will be presented to BOG on Thursday, January 27, at 8am PDT, to urge SFU to do right by these important members of the SFU community and bring them back in house.
Recap on Events since September 2021
The September 28th BoG meeting was a huge day for SFU350 and our CED campaign as we presented to the BoG our motion concerning the seven demands laid out in our open letter. The outcome of this meeting included a delay to vote on our motion until the January 27th, 2022 meeting and a partial commitment to divestment. On November 1st, SFU President Joy Johnson announced full divestment from fossil fuels - the first of our seven demands to be met! We are beyond thrilled with this huge achievement that took eight years of student and community activism, campaigning, lobbying and exercising of student power.