Food-service workers hold rally to protest Aramark

IUP’s food-service employees held a rally Saturday in hopes of ending the possibility of a strike.

Workers, students and community supporters rallied in front of Foster Dining Hall with signs, chants and a giant rat, according to Jennifer England, an independent professional of Pink Coat Communications, a com­munications service that promotes social change and justice.

The rally ran for about 30 minutes, where they demonstrated and spoke to students and parents about the reasons why there will be a possible strike.

Sam Williamson, Pa. Joint Board Associate Manager, said the rat symbolized how Aramark is acting through their recent actions against labor employees.

“Aramark is continuing to commit unfair practices, break the law and refuse to negotiate,” he said.

Williamson said the protest was “spirited,” with about 100 supporters in attendance.

“Workers, reluctant to strike, felt the move was necessary in the face of the employer’s continual refusal to negotiate a new contract with the members’ union,” England said. “With no progress or movement forward on part of the company, this rally is an effort to pressure [Aramark] to stop breaking the law by committing Unfair Labor practices.”

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GD

Tue Apr 27 2010 11:19

1. Jennifer England could hardly be called a , "independant professional", she was the founder of Pink Coat Communications. http://www.pinkcoatcommunications.com/About.html

2. "Promotes social change and justice" spells COMMIE to me.

3. SEIU and Workers Unite are one in the same. IN-your-face tactics, storming buildings and disrupting businesses is not civilized. Then again, neither is Andy Stern, the guy who runs the whole shabang and is a good friend and frequent visitor to the current resident of the White House....another devout believer of in-your-face Chicago thug politics.

4. When they show up at IUP again to disrupt, all we can hope for is to see them as visitors to our new jail.

GD

Tue Apr 27 2010 11:19

1. Jennifer England could hardly be called a , "independant professional", she was the founder of Pink Coat Communications. http://www.pinkcoatcommunications.com/About.html

2. "Promotes social change and justice" spells COMMIE to me.

3. SEIU and Workers Unite are one in the same. IN-your-face tactics, storming buildings and disrupting businesses is not civilized. Then again, neither is Andy Stern, the guy who runs the whole shabang and is a good friend and frequent visitor to the current resident of the White House....another devout believer of in-your-face Chicago thug politics.

4. When they show up at IUP again to disrupt, all we can hope for is to see them as visitors to our new jail.

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