Cafeteria workers await labor board findings

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Cafeteria workers await labor board findings

http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2010-05-06/Front_Page/Cafeteria_workers_await_labor_board_findings.html

Sodexo workers rally for salary, benefits increases
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer

Sodexo employees and supporters rally at Slocum Park in Long Branch on April 15 for better job benefits.

School cafeteria workers rallied recently for better job benefits, but a representative of the company they work for said last week the rally was a union organizers’ tactic.

A spokeswoman for Sodexo said last week that the investigation was a tactic by SEIU (Service Employees International Union).

“An unfair labor practice has been filed, and as always we will fully cooperate with the National Labor Relations Board’s investigation,” said Monica Zimmer, spokeswoman for Sodexo Inc., a provider of food and facilities management services.

“It is a typical SEIU tactic to file an unfair labor practice claim against the target of its union organizing campaign, which happens to be Sodexo. This is a typical thing they do to gain attention,” Zimmer said.

Sodexo employees across the state meet at Slocum Park in Long Branch on April 15 to rally for better job benefits.

Citing poor wages, escalating health care costs and lack of respect, cafeteria workers gathered April 15 at Slocum Park on Broadway.

With the help of Local 32BJ of the SEIU, the workers have filed a complaint with the NLRB.

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