Tweet From the Daily Pennsylvanian… “This is it. This is history,” said Kareem Wallace, a cook at Penn Hillel’s Falk Dining Commons, as he clutched a document that marked the debut of a campaign for “a better future” for him and his colleagues…. On Monday morning, he and seven Student Labor Action Project members delivered a concerted activity letter to the Penn Business Services office to notify Penn of the employees’ organizing efforts. Eleven dining hall workers signed the document…. Another copy of the letter was delivered to the National Labor Relations Board. Nancy Cleland, NLRB Director of Public Affairs, said though the agency will not get involved unless there is a retaliation against the workers, “we are going to defend [the workers’] right to ask for more money.”… But 109 full-time employees in Hillel’s dining hall, the school cafes and Houston Market work for Bon Appétit… they do not participate in the collective bargaining agreement — an agreement between Penn and AFSCME…” Tweet
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