Stevenson University Cafeteria Workers Win Union

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

More than 60 campus dining workers at Stevenson University have won union representation, choosing to join UNITE HERE Local 7. “I’ve worked at Stevenson for 4 years and am so happy to have been part of winning the union,” said Steven Golder, a cafeteria cook at Stevenson, which has two Baltimore-area campuses. “Now we’re ready to negotiate our first contract.  The opportunity for better wages and benefits will mean a lot to our families.” Campus dining workers at the Maryland liberal arts university are employees of multinational food service company Sodexo. The campus dining workers at Stevenson -- the fifth group of cafeteria workers at a college or university to join UNITE HERE in the past five months -- won union representation with UNITE HERE Local 7 on Friday, April 8th and will now prepare to negotiate a first contract. - photo courtesy UNITE HERE