Video: Workers Rally at Hunter College Cafeteria
While politicians in Washington quarrel over health care reform, Unite Here Local 100 members at the Hunter College cafeteria took the future of their health coverage into their own hands last Thursday. AVI Foodsystems, a food service company that took over the food service contract at Hunter from Sodexo this fall, has thus far failed to provide the health care coverage or pension plan that the Hunter College cafeteria workers received from their previous employer.
In response to AVI’s refusal to sign a contract that provides these benefits, workers organized a union meeting in the middle of the Hunter College main cafeteria….in the middle of the lunch hour rush. As you can see below in the videos, food service workers stopped serving lunch at the cafeteria at Hunter College and rallied for health benefits, pension and a reasonable wage increase. The cafeteria managers, as you can imagine, were not too happy. I’ll keep you all up to date as events unfold in these workers’ fight for health benefits and a pension.
If you live in the New York area and want to get involved, contact us and we'll let you know how you can take action in solidarity with these workers.
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This video is great...I wish I could watch 100 other videos of shopfloor actions!
What did you record it on?