8/18/2010 5:26:58 PM
Nearly four months after a three-day strike, 200 union Sodexo food service workers at the University of Pittsburgh ratified a new contract that provides substantial improvements to wages and benefits.
6/23/2010 4:54:08 PM
A recent NY Times editorial -- "Is there a nurse in the House?" -- hit a nerve with me, and probably many other registered nurses around the country. I rarely see a piece in the paper that is so on point about the challenges professional nurses face providing healthcare to our patients.
6/10/2010 7:57:09 PM
On Monday, June 7th, nearly two hundred nursing home caregivers and their allies from across the state gathered near the State Capitol and the headquarters of the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association and the Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania to demand that Pennsylvania require big energy corporations pay their fair share in taxes.
6/25/2010 10:40:56 PM
In a year when hardworking women and men all around this country have spent countless nights worrying about their jobs, the economy and their families' futures, voters in Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Oregon made clear that they are looking for solutions.
5/14/2010 6:03:38 PM
For the last year, workers and students have been detailing the large number of legal complaints and potential violations that Sodexo has committed. So, we're left with two very important questions: how does Sodexo win an "Ethics Award," and what, exactly, would it take for Sodexo not to be included on Ethisphere's list?
5/7/2010 3:14:44 PM
When the final vote was counted, cheers rose up from the crowd. 300 registered nurses at Alle-Kiski Medical Center in Pittsburgh had voted to join our union, have a stronger voice in the future of the hospital, and to improve patient care.
4/27/2010 6:46:48 PM
Joined by dozens of students and campus and community supporters, nearly 200 Sodexo cafeteria workers walked out on strike yesterday morning at the University of Pittsburgh. Disrupting Finals' Week, workers still saw a lot of support as they passed out over 15,00 leaflets to the campus community.
4/30/2010 12:51:41 PM
Fueled by the desire for more respect and the need to make improvements in resident care, nearly 140 workers at the Broomall Presbyterian Village nursing home in Delaware County voted overwhelmingly to form a union with SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania on April 14th.
4/15/2010 9:27:13 PM
In response to rampant mistreatment by food service contractor Sodexo, school cafeteria workers in Pittsgrove Township went on strike today. Watch new video coverage of the one-day work stoppage happening right now in protest of Sodexo's attack on workers' exercise of their federal rights by forming a union with SEIU 32BJ.
4/15/2010 7:35:42 PM
In an unprecedented show of support for campus food service workers, University of Pittsburgh students, labor leaders and elected officials held a massive sit-in at the school's Market Central dining hall on Wednesday to protest contractor Sodexo's unlawful attacks on employees' rights.