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TCU food workers unionize
By DANIEL SALAZAR
Staff Writer
TCU’s cafeteria workers recently ratified their first union contract, and other workers in the region are considering unionization.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1000 union is coordinating with workers at five other universities this summer. The Grapevine-based labor union represents food service and production workers in North Texas and Oklahoma.
“We’re joining the fight at this point because we’ve been reached out to by so many Sodexo workers,” said Anthony Elmo, the union’s communications and political director.
The UFCW is targeting Sodexo, a food service company with U.S. headquarters in Maryland. Sodexo provides dining services at hundreds of universities, including Texas Christian University, Dallas Baptist University and Texas A&M-Commerce.
Sodexo redefined its formula for determining full-time employment last fall. The new formula relied on a yearly average of hours instead of a quarterly one. The change went into effect Jan. 1.
Scant hours during summer and winter breaks lowered the yearly averages for many of Sodexo’s college cafeteria workers. Thousands of Sodexo’s variable-hours workers, particularly those on college campuses, fell short of the new definition and lost eligibility for company health insurance coverage and sick days.
TCU’s Sodexo workers voted in a March election, according to the National Labor Relations Board. The majority of the 172 eligible workers voted to join the Local 1000. They ratified their collective bargaining agreement Tuesday.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/business/headlines/20140716-tcu-food-workers-unionize.ece
By DANIEL SALAZAR
Staff Writer
TCU’s cafeteria workers recently ratified their first union contract, and other workers in the region are considering unionization.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1000 union is coordinating with workers at five other universities this summer. The Grapevine-based labor union represents food service and production workers in North Texas and Oklahoma.
“We’re joining the fight at this point because we’ve been reached out to by so many Sodexo workers,” said Anthony Elmo, the union’s communications and political director.
The UFCW is targeting Sodexo, a food service company with U.S. headquarters in Maryland. Sodexo provides dining services at hundreds of universities, including Texas Christian University, Dallas Baptist University and Texas A&M-Commerce.
Sodexo redefined its formula for determining full-time employment last fall. The new formula relied on a yearly average of hours instead of a quarterly one. The change went into effect Jan. 1.
Scant hours during summer and winter breaks lowered the yearly averages for many of Sodexo’s college cafeteria workers. Thousands of Sodexo’s variable-hours workers, particularly those on college campuses, fell short of the new definition and lost eligibility for company health insurance coverage and sick days.
TCU’s Sodexo workers voted in a March election, according to the National Labor Relations Board. The majority of the 172 eligible workers voted to join the Local 1000. They ratified their collective bargaining agreement Tuesday.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/business/headlines/20140716-tcu-food-workers-unionize.ece
