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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
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   Greg Carr wrote:   
   >The union that represents non-teaching staff at the Chilliwack School   
   >District has filed a complaint against the school board and trustee   
   >Barry Neufeld for the way it handled comments made against B.C.’s   
   >gender identity and sexual orientation curriculum.   
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   >“Our members have a right to feel safe and feel included when they go   
   >to work,” said Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 411   
   >president Shana Kirkland.   
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   >READ MORE: Trans rights activist reaches out to Chilliwack school   
   >trustee who compared gender transitioning to ‘child abuse’   
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   >The union filed a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal   
   >claiming the board “failed to provide a work environment free of   
   >discrimination.”   
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   >That was after school trustee Barry Neufeld compared gender   
   >transitioning to “child abuse,” and made comments opposing the SOGI   
   >123 curriculum.   
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   >Kirkland pointed to Chilliwack School District policy 402, which says   
   >that staffers have the right to “operate, work or learn in an   
   >environment free from harassment.”   
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   >The board can’t fire Neufeld, she said, but that doesn’t mean the   
   >policy doesn’t apply to him.   
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   >“Employees of the board can be disciplined for violating this policy,”   
   >the human rights complaint said.   
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   >The complaint also noted that the Vancouver School Board (VSB) passed   
   >a motion to censure trustees when one of its own, similar policies was   
   >violated.   
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   >“Imagine going to work every day knowing that someone in a position of   
   >authority in your workplace not only thinks of you as an inferior   
   >human being because of who you are but is out in the world saying   
   >publicly that who you are is what is wrong,” Kirkland said.   
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   >The union seeks $50,000 in compensation to go toward a non-profit that   
   >benefits LGBTQ youth. It also wants all board members and senior   
   >management go through LGBTQ equality rights training.   
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   >The Chilliwack School Board did not offer any comment by press time.   
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