Better pay, benefits for food workers
Source: By Sharon Stello, Davis Enterprise (CA), Aug 30, 2007 - 14:18:06 CDT.
Sodexho will increase wages and benefits for its food service workers at UC Davis under a new agreement with the campus, adding about $2 million in annual costs for the remaining three years of UCD's contract with the company. UCD will evaluate all options for providing food service in anticipation of that contract's end.
...... A UCD spokeswoman noted that Sodexho workers have the right to unionize without becoming university employees. UCD's announcement came as a surprise to William Schlitz, spokesman for AFSCME Local 3299, the union that would represent the food workers if employed by UCD.