{"id":229,"date":"2021-02-11T18:38:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T02:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/?p=229"},"modified":"2021-02-11T18:38:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T02:38:08","slug":"bcgeu-writes-letter-of-support-for-tfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/2021\/02\/11\/bcgeu-writes-letter-of-support-for-tfa\/","title":{"rendered":"BCGEU Writes letter of Support for TFA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA-1-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"On behalf of members of the B.C. Government and Service Employees\u2019 Union (BCGEU) working at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), I am writing in support of the university\u2019s commitment to addressing racialized discrimination in our workplace and, to that end, establishing its Task Force on Anti-Racism (TFA).\nBCGEU members have stood up against racism and hate time and time again. We\u2019ve marched in the streets, passed resolutions at our conventions to support a more equitable and inclusive world, taken political stands in support of Indigenous solidarity on several campaigns including Site C and Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en, created equity-deserving groups, and even helped end Thomson Reuters\u2019 contracts with the US\u2019s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through our union\u2019s shareholder advocacy program.\nAt KPU in particular, BCGEU members are active in the newly created Employment Equity Committee that has been struck to help recommend initiatives targeting groups outlined in Canada\u2019s Employment Equity Act.\nIn short, we\u2019re committed to working to fight racism in our workplace.\nThe BCGEU looks forward to learning more about the TFA\u2019s work and working directly and collaboratively with the TFA in our shared commitment to fight racism: learning about and addressing the barriers that Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) employees face at KPU, implementing policy changes and employment practices that are centred on anti-racism, and improving language in our collective agreement that reflects what we learn as a result of our\" class=\"wp-image-230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA-1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA-1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA-1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA-1-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA-1-620x802.jpg 620w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA-1.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"efforts, and both acknowledging and building on the efforts of staff who have worked for decades already to address racism at KPU.\nSincerely,\nTrina Whitsitt\nBargaining Unit Chairperson Kwantlen Polytechnic University\" class=\"wp-image-232\" width=\"580\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA-620x802.jpg 620w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/files\/2021\/02\/BCGEU-letter-of-support-for-TFA.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions\/233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/antiracism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}