Union, Food Service Supplier Sodexo Patch Up Variations
by Workers held one-day strike against three Lehigh Valley hospitals last fall.
The Service staff International Union and food service supplier Sodexo Thursday settled a legal dispute concerning union organizing.
Under terms of the settlement, the union agreed to drop its public campaign against the corporate that Sodexo says went on for nearly 2 years. the corporate agreed to look at the rights of Sodexo staff to form “free and informed selections concerning unionization,” the SEIU and Sodexo said in a very statement.
Terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed.
SEIU employees held a one-day strike against Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Sacred Heart and sensible Shepherd hospitals last fall to protest low wages and advantages and anti-unionization pressures.
“With today’s resolution in place, we’ll still serve our members and future members within the food service, cleaning, and security industries,” said Tom Woodruff, SEIU govt vice chairman.
Robert Stern, Sodexo USA’s general counsel, said the settlement permits the 2 sides to resume the sort of “constructive relationship” with the SEIU that it’s with over thirty alternative labor unions within the us.
The agreement settles a lawsuit filed in federal court in Virginia by Sodexo. It doesn’t have an effect on alternative ongoing disputes, like the dispute at Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg. Those employees are nonprofessional service and maintenance employees who are members of SEIU Healthcare PA.
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