Seasons Throws in the Towel at NEA
Monday, June 2, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Seasons Culinary is
leaving NEA and its workers there are not sad to see it go. “We will now work
on a transition to a union company with union standards,” said Emilio Abate,
president of UNITE HERE Local 23, which represents the workers. Seasons,
targeted by Local 23 for months over its refusal to accept a contract that
would give its workers the same benefits and protections as at other DC UNITE
HERE Local 23 cafeterias (UNITE
HERE 23 Urges NEA Head to Support Cafeteria Workers 5/7 UC),
has informed the NEA “that it does not wish to renew its current contract
with
NEA when that contract expires on August 31st of this year,” NEA Executive
Director John Stocks told staff in an email on May 28. photo: April 24 rally
against Seasons at NEA; photo by Chris Garlock