Contract employees will be eligible for UC employment

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_8984235

Change called a major victory for service workers
By UC Davis News Service and AFSCME Local 39
Article Created: 04/19/2008 08:38:26 AM PDT

UC Davis officials announced Thursday that the campus has committed to instituting a new approach to managing food service programs and employees, while at the same time remaining focused on ensuring that those programs are affordable and accessible to all students.

Under this new direction, the campus's food service contractor, Sodexo, will continue to manage residential and retail food operations on campus, but an estimated 175 to 200 nonmanagement Sodexo employees will be eligible to transition to University of California employment.

UC Davis' decision follows a six-month review of food service delivery models at college and university campuses across the country that employ best practices.

Campus and Sodexo officials here say they intend to act as soon as possible to complete the process of transitioning the Sodexo employees to UC-employee status and amending the existing contract.

However, they anticipate it will take nine to 12 months to finish the job in a prudent manner that fully addresses the complexity of human resource issues that need to be managed.

During the transition period, the university expects to work with Sodexo employees and management, as well as the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees labor organization, and other interested parties to ensure that everyone's interests and concerns are addressed as part of the successful implementation of the new management and employment model.

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[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

1. I've been on both sides of that when working at UC, I'm happy

for them.