APSA Petition to Support ARAMARK Workers

Target:

ARAMARK

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350 food service workers at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, where part of the APSA conference will happen this year, are fighting for a contract with their employer, ARAMARK, and have asked for our support. ARAMARK reportedly has created an atmosphere of fear and intimidation that targets union activists. The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against Hynes and BCEC food provider ARAMARK for:

Interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of their rights.
Discriminating in regard to hiring, tenure or terms of employment of its employees, thereby discouraging membership in a labor organization
Failing and refusing to bargain collectively and in good faith.

Workers went on strike against ARAMARK for three days in June and have called for a boycott of ARAMARK. We want to make it very clear to ARAMARK and its workers that many APSA members strongly support the workers' fight for a just contract and a workplace free of intimidation. We plan to give this petition to ARAMARK and will let you know more details soon.

APSA did not sign a food service contract with Aramark. The workers do *not* have a dispute with the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority and have not asked us to move our event from the Hynes.

For more information and news coverage, see:

UNITE HERE Local 26s website: www.local26.org

Interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of their rights.
Discriminating in regard to hiring, tenure or terms of employment of its employees, thereby discouraging membership in a labor organization
Failing and refusing to bargain collectively and in good faith.

APSA did not sign a food service contract with Aramark. The workers do *not* have a dispute with the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority and have not asked us to move our event from the Hynes.

For more information and news coverage, see:

UNITE HERE Local 26s website: www.local26.org

As members of the American Political Science Association, an organization with conference events at the Hynes Convention Center, we are opposed to the atmosphere of fear and intimidation that ARAMARK has created at the Hynes Convention Center and Boston Convention & Exposition Center. We are deeply concerned about that ARAMARK has reportedly fired 3 union activists, including 2 union negotiating committee members, for their union activity, threatened to fire employees for talking about their union while at work, and spied on employees engaged in union activity. We support the demands of ARAMARK workers for a work environment free of intimidation and a contract that provides just raises, health care, and a retirement plan comparable to those that Boston union hotels have.

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# 69:

12:16 pm PDT, Sep 1, Name not displayed, Maine

# 68:

7:14 am PDT, Sep 1, Heike Schotten, Massachusetts

# 67:

7:45 pm PDT, Aug 31, Jane Mansbridge, Massachusetts
Aramark should respect its workers' right to organize. As an APSA member I strongly support the workers at the Hynes Convention Center.

# 66:

8:54 pm PDT, Aug 28, Michael Schmidt, Washington D.C.

# 65:

5:55 am PDT, Aug 28, Traci Levy, New York
I will encourage professional associations to which I am a member to boycott conference locations that do not treat workers fairly.

# 64:

12:05 pm PDT, Aug 27, Choong Lee, New York

# 63:

10:07 am PDT, Aug 27, Paula Pickering, Virginia

# 62:

11:29 am PDT, Aug 26, Dara Strolovitch, Minnesota

# 61:

7:49 am PDT, Aug 26, Laurence Davis, Ireland

# 60:

5:49 pm PDT, Aug 25, Eve Weinbaum, Massachusetts

# 59:

2:50 pm PDT, Aug 25, Jessica Blatt, New York

# 58:

2:36 pm PDT, Aug 25, Michael Leo Owens, Georgia

# 57:

11:51 am PDT, Aug 25, David Kaib, Washington D.C.

# 56:

9:58 am PDT, Aug 25, Vernon Mogensen, New York
Aramark's refusal to respect its workers right to organize is a classic example of why Congress and the next president must enact the Employee Free Choice Act.

# 55:

7:51 am PDT, Aug 25, Jennet Kirkpatrick, Michigan

# 54:

7:10 am PDT, Aug 25, Katie Laatikainen, New York

# 53:

7:09 am PDT, Aug 25, Diana Yoon, Massachusetts

# 52:

3:07 am PDT, Aug 25, John Berg, Massachusetts

# 51:

8:01 pm PDT, Aug 24, Ayana McNair, California
In solidarity with workers worldwide

# 50:

6:07 pm PDT, Aug 24, Robin Jacobson, Pennsylvania

# 49:

2:30 pm PDT, Aug 24, Robin Turner, California

# 48:

2:20 pm PDT, Aug 24, Name not displayed, North Carolina

# 47:

2:00 pm PDT, Aug 24, Julie Novkov, New York
Aramark should treat its workers fairly and negotiate in good faith for wages, health benefits, and pensions. At a minimum, it must comply with the law. Intimidation and retaliation against union supporters cannot not be tolerated, and it's pretty disturbing to see even a very conservative NLRB recognizing problems here.

# 46:

12:53 pm PDT, Aug 24, Bruce Wright, California

# 45:

5:42 am PDT, Aug 24, Andrew Ross, New York

# 44:

6:24 pm PDT, Aug 23, Paula Mohan, Wisconsin

# 43:

3:37 pm PDT, Aug 23, Erin O'Brien, Massachusetts

# 42:

12:42 am PDT, Aug 23, Timothy Pachirat, New York

# 41:

2:39 pm PDT, Aug 21, Kevin Anderson, Indiana

# 40:

8:07 am PDT, Aug 21, Name not displayed, Washington D.C.

# 39:

7:32 am PDT, Aug 21, Lowell Turner, New York

# 38:

8:05 pm PDT, Aug 20, Carl Klarner, Indiana
NLRB penalties are often a slap on the wrist. But I as a consumer will hurt unfair employers where it hurts the most: their pocketbooks. I support the food service workers in their dispute against ARAMARK, and will use whatever economic, political and word-of-mouth power I have to get ARAMARK to resolve the dispute in a satisfactory manner.

# 37:

7:58 pm PDT, Aug 20, Raymond Duvall, Minnesota

# 36:

1:41 pm PDT, Aug 20, Peter Francia, North Carolina

# 35:

12:18 pm PDT, Aug 20, Gerard Huiskamp, Massachusetts

# 34:

8:18 am PDT, Aug 20, Mark Anner, Pennsylvania

# 33:

7:52 am PDT, Aug 20, Margaret Levi, Washington

# 32:

7:25 am PDT, Aug 20, Geoffrey Kurtz, New York

# 31:

7:22 am PDT, Aug 20, Patricia Siplon, Vermont

# 30:

7:13 am PDT, Aug 20, Susan Kang, New York
As a member of APSA, I am shocked and horrified to hear that the management of the Hynes Convention center will not settle on a fair and equitable contract. The management is clearly in violation with national labor laws and workers' basic human rights. Convention center workers help driver an important service for the city and organization who wish to have meetings-- please agree to bargain in good faith for a conract they deserve!

# 29:

7:09 am PDT, Aug 20, Serge Denis, Canada

# 28:

6:59 am PDT, Aug 20, Kristy King, Washington

# 27:

6:25 am PDT, Aug 20, Michael Hoover, Florida

# 26:

5:41 am PDT, Aug 20, Katherine Cramer Walsh, Wisconsin

# 24:

5:03 am PDT, Aug 20, Carl Swidorski, New York
It is distressing to see a large, rich corporation like Aramark acting to deny a decent living to its hard working employees. Perhaps a boycott or campuses where Aramark has food service contracts should be the next step.

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# 23:

12:53 am PDT, Aug 20, Stephen Crowley, Ohio

# 22:

9:48 pm PDT, Aug 19, Rose Ernst, Washington

# 21:

7:41 pm PDT, Aug 19, Thomas Kristan, Canada

# 20:

7:05 pm PDT, Aug 19, Margaret Groarke, New York
Since the days of FDR, Americans have the right to join a union. I call on Aramark to cease intimidation of workers and negotiate in good faith.

# 19:

5:28 pm PDT, Aug 19, Ed Webb, Pennsylvania
Workers' rights are human rights. Moreover, ethical companies perform well, so it makes commercial as well as human sense to respect unionized workers.

# 18:

4:52 pm PDT, Aug 19, Maria Rosales, North Carolina
Keep up the good fight!

# 17:

4:40 pm PDT, Aug 19, Joe Soss, Minnesota

# 16:

4:14 pm PDT, Aug 19, Victor Wallis, Massachusetts

# 15:

3:29 pm PDT, Aug 19, Stephen Amberg, Texas
Interference with workers' freedom of association is simply not tolerable in a free society.

# 14:

3:26 pm PDT, Aug 19, Cigdem Cidam, Minnesota

# 13:

3:20 pm PDT, Aug 19, Teri Caraway, Minnesota

# 12:

3:08 pm PDT, Aug 19, Kevin Bruyneel, Massachusetts

# 11:

2:56 pm PDT, Aug 19, Frances Fox Piven, New York

# 10:

2:53 pm PDT, Aug 19, William Mello, Indiana
All workers need a decent wage and working conditions!

# 9:

2:47 pm PDT, Aug 19, Meredith Weiss, New York

# 8:

2:41 pm PDT, Aug 19, Peter Dreier, California
I support the Aramark employees

# 7:

2:40 pm PDT, Aug 19, Richard Kearney, North Carolina
Please treat your employees fairly!

# 6:

11:44 am PDT, Aug 19, Pam Boland, Georgia

# 4:

5:34 am PDT, Aug 19, Bill Craig, Germany

# 3:

5:52 pm PDT, Aug 18, Steve Dale, Australia

# 2:

4:33 pm PDT, Aug 18, Name not displayed, New York

# 1:

11:45 am PDT, Aug 18, Animal Abuse Greece, Greece

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