University of La Verne dining hall workers voted on Feb. 28 to authorize a strike for the first time in the university’s history. ULV’s workers are organized under UNITE HERE Local 11, the same labor union that has represented the dining hall workers at Pomona College since 2010. ULV has
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‘This is everybody’s success’: Pomona dining staff settles contract agreement with historic raises
Leer en español. This Jan. 18, an overwhelming majority of Pomona College dining hall employees voted to approve a bargaining agreement with a 36 percent wage increase over four years. The vote ended almost six months of labor organizing and negotiations with the college’s administration. The new four-year contract gives
Medio año y una huelga después, el equipo de cocina de Pomona resuelve su contrato con incrementos de salarios históricos, estableciendo un nuevo salario mínimo en la universidad
El pasado 18 de enero, la mayoría de los empleados de cocina de Pomona College votaron para aprobar su nuevo contrato con un incremento de 36% en los próximos cuatro años, terminando casi seis meses de organización sindical y negociaciones con la administración de la escuela.
Pomona dining hall staff vote to authorize strike, ASPC passes resolution in support of higher wages
On Thursday evening, Pomona College dining hall staff voted to authorize a strike, meaning that the committee of workers which represents staff during contract negotiations may decide to mobilize, although no official plan to strike has been released.
Hundreds rally on Labor Day calling for raises for Pomona dining workers
Despite 103-degree weather this Labor Day afternoon, hundreds of Claremont Colleges students, Pomona College dining hall workers and local labor organizers showed up to a rally outside Frary Dining Hall in support of raising wages for Pomona kitchen staff.
Union or bust? Pitzer workers raise allegations of administrative wrongdoing while organizing
Two weeks after Pitzer College staff workers went public with a union campaign on May Day, staff members and other members of the 5C community delivered the paperwork for the first of three Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs) organizers have filed since May 10.
Some Pomona dining hall staff will return to work part time for community meal program
Some furloughed Pomona College dining hall staff members will be returning to work part time to provide meals to homebound senior citizens, according to a Monday email from Treasurer Robert Goldberg. The program will provide breakfast, lunch and dinner to 180 senior citizens who are homebound and cannot regularly purchase