As Sodexo shareholders gathered for their annual meeting this week in Paris, a delegation of the company’s employees and their unions from France, the US, and the UK called for a global guarantee from Sodexo to improve pay and working conditions and guarantee the fundamental rights of Sodexo workers.
Following two days of strike action, 200 UNISON members working for Sodexo in North Devon NHS Trust, have won their bid for better pay and improved terms, in line with a national agreement set out in October 2006.
UNISON members at the North Devon hospital Trust employed by Sodexo have voted by a massive 97% in favour of strike action over unpaid wages and conditions going back over 3 years to 1st October 2006. The strike is due to start at midnight on 4th January for 2 days followed by weekly action.
Aramark has been accused of adding a 20% service charge to bills at Massachusetts Convention Center Authority but not passing that charge onto staff.
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Sodexo strengthens its dominance of the catering sector in France. Read more of this story here
CAFÉ is an exciting new initiative that has been established solely to help you and the other one million contract catering and food service workers around the world employed by Compass, Sodexho and Aramark.
Trade Unions in several countries all over the globe have come together in an international alliance to form CAFÉ to represent your interests within these giant transnational companies.
As the global market continues to grow and these companies get bigger its important that those who work for them are not left behind powerless and without a voice.
CAFÉ gives you the opportunity to link up with hundreds of thousands of your co-workers to ensure that you get treated with fairness and dignity in your workplace.
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