BCGEU sets an example in supporting fair trade in coffee

The British Columbia Government and Services' Employees (BCGEU/NUPGE) is doing its part to support fair trade in coffee.

BCGEU representatives met recently with partners from coffee cooperatives in Central America to review the benefits for agricultural workers from a solidarity project, called Café Etico. Participants included Lesbia Morales, who represents a Gutemalan coffee co-op; Encarnacion Suarez Obregon, who represents ACOPAN, a co-op in Nicaragua; BCGEU vice-president Colleen Jones and BCGEU coordinator Nancy Gillis.