SFU Food Service Workers Vote 98% in Favour of Strike Action for a $27 Living Wage – UNITE HERE Local 40Click to open the search input fieldLink to: Media Advisory: Vancouver Residents to Rally at City Hall: Put Housing Before Hotels!Scroll to top

SFU Food Service Workers Vote 98% in Favour of Strike Action for a $27 Living Wage – UNITE HERE Local 40Click to open the search input fieldLink to: Media Advisory: Vancouver Residents to Rally at City Hall: Put Housing Before Hotels!Scroll to top

Burnaby, BC – Food service workers at Simon Fraser University (SFU), employed by Compass Group Canada, have voted 98% in favour of strike action. The 215 workers are represented by BC’s hospitality union, UNITE HERE Local 40. “We were told we’d finally get a living wage, but Compass has failed to deliver,” said Nouha Ishaq, a food service worker at SFU. “It’s getting harder and harder to make ends meet in this city. Many of us are working full-t…