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More SEIU skullduggery — with employer help? (OpenMarket)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:01:55 GMT

... union UNITE-HERE on one side, and the “Big 3″ food service catering companies — Aramark, Sodexho, and Compass Group — on the other. Under the terms of the alleged agreement, Aramark will not oppose union organizing drives at certain locations, in exchange for SEIU agreeing not to unionize other locals. Apparently, this took some student activists at the University of North Carolina, Chapel...

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Rams are winners in dining room (JSOnline)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:03:30 GMT

... University in Mequon.“We’ve had nothing but compliments,” said Gary Quinn, general manager for Sodexho Food Service at Concordia. “It’s been easier than we expected.”The first night Concordia hosted the pro football team, on July 24, the university welcomed players and staff with 2½-inch thick New York strip steaks, a Cajun lobster and shrimp boil, and corn-on-the-cob dripping with butter...

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DoD News: Contracts for August 12, 2008 (Global Security)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:27:43 GMT

... on Jun. 3, 2008. U.S. Army TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-G-0005).Sodexho Management Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded on Aug. 11, 2008, a $8,475,017 firm-fixed price contract for nutrition care services at military treatment facilities. Work will be performed at military installations across the United States and is expected to be completed by Oct. 17, 2013....

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More employee issues to worry about when buying a business [Steven Petty] (Ecademy: user blogs)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:11:25 GMT

As if there weren't enough issues to worry about when you're buying a business, a recently decided case has given business purchasers another headache. The case was Sodexho Ltd v Gutridge and others. The decision in this case was that where an employer fails to give equal pay then a contractual liability exists in respect of those employees to whom the failure relates, even before any action...

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College Cafeterias Ditching Trays (CBS 11 - Dallas / Fort Worth's Sour)

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:54:02 GMT

... in costs for the future students," said Brenan Connolly, the GM of resident dining at UC Davis.Sodexho, UC Davis' food service provide, says that one-third of its school clients across the country have already stopped using trays.(© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

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Restaurant of the Future (Bay Area Bites)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:46:08 GMT

... put out fresh flowers, or shine a red light on a dish?” asked Nico Heukels, research director of Sodexho, a leading food services company and partner in the project. “What if we put out square or colored plates? Will they choose healthier things if we spray fruity scent in the air?” In a move that elicited gasps from the audience members, Koster showed us that each cash register has a discreet...

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Four arrested, fake coupons seized (Hindu)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:51:52 GMT

BangaloreFour arrested, fake coupons seized Staff Reporter The coupons have a face value of Rs. 6 lakhBANGALORE: The Peenya police have arrested four persons and seized fake Sodexho coupons with a face value of Rs. 6 lakh. The police identified the accused as Veeresh (20) of Handrahalli, K. Vijay (20) and Mahesh (20) of Sunkadakatte and M.N. Mohan Kumar (19) of Adakamaranahalli.Deputy Commissioner...

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Black Enterprise: 40 Best Companies for Diversity (Hip Hop Caucus Blog)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:11:00 GMT

... Xerox Corp. Making their debut on this year’s list are Burger King Holdings, Sempra Energy, and Sodexho USA. With the number of African American CEOs at America’s largest companies dwindling, BE focused additional reporting on companies that have demonstrated the ability to retain and develop diverse executive talent. Featured in this year’s report are several bold, energetic leaders-to-be,...

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His round was 100-plus and he lost 22 balls: meet Scotland's new golf pro (Scotsman.com)

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

... a prize. He was playing with clients on a company outing.His employers, service management company Sodexho, had put up the prize for an ace at the short par-three at the corporate outing in a deal with the National Hole-in-One Association.Mr Errington, from Blackburn in Aberdeenshire, recalled yesterday: "When it got to the ninth pretty much everything was going as usual – not well. I took...

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Roll out the red carpet... (BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog)

apaulson@nsba.org (BoardBuzz) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:02:34 GMT

It's Magna Award time! Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 Magna Awards , co- sponsored by NSBA , the American School Board Journal , and Sodexho School Services . School boards nation-wide are encouraged to nominate their district's unique programs that serve as examples of school district leadership. Recipients of the award are honored for their best practices and innovative...

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Harrah's Entertainment Awarded During Asian Enterprise Magazine's 15th National Asian Entrepreneur Award Ceremony (MusicBiz Academy)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:01:00 GMT

... Harrah's Entertainment, IBM Kaiser Permanente, McDonald's Corporation, Morgan Stanley, PepsiCo, Sodexho, The Coca Cola Company, Wal-Mart, Xerox and Hong-Kong Shanghai Bank Corporation (HSBC). About Harrah's Entertainment Diversity and Inclusion Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring that all areas of the organization operate with openness, equal opportunity, mutual respect and...

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Continental to cut 3,000 jobs (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:49:00 GMT

... in Houston on Thursday seemed resigned to changes.Marit Teigland, a vice president at Universal Sodexho, flies frequently between her home in New Orleans and Houston and also passes through frequently when she travels abroad. Teigland said she is braced for the possibility of losing convenient routes."I am worried about that, but I also understand that the airline industry is in trouble,"...

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Carbonation gives fruit a fizz (Boston Globe)

Sun, 25 May 2008 16:37:44 GMT

It's still fruit, just fizzy. That's how a food service contractor for about 20 Connecticut school districts and private schools is describing Fizzy Fruit -- pieces of oranges, apples and grapes pumped with carbonation to give them a soda taste. Sodexho has been incorporating the Pop Rocks-like snack into school lunch menus, hoping that it will turn kids on to ...

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School district to probe secret labor agreements (Chicago Tribune)

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:36:00 GMT

The Lake Zurich District 95 called Friday for officials from Aramark Corp. and Sodexho Inc. to answer questions about their secret labor agreement with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), citing news reports about the agreement between the union and the two large service providers.

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Another day down on the time left in Bogota. (Teaching Technology)

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:18:00 GMT

... on the Saturday, (Bearing in mind I am going to have ONE MILLION PESO's to SPEND in the form of Sodexho vouchers in one day, How many people can go on a one million spending spree lol...) but at least I wont have to walk miles to do it. Getting to the airport would also be a lot easier since I can get the Hotel to organise the taxi for me. So thats my plan... It might seem early days to...

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So Much for Free Choice: Unions and Secret Pacts With Employers (HR Observations)

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:33:00 GMT

... International Union ( SEIU ) , (the AFL - CIO breakaway) and Unite Here . The employers are Sodexho , Inc. and Compass Group USA. The agreements go beyond neutrality agreements (organizing attempts that the employers do not dispute) and there is a selection process between the company and the union on which locations can organize and which cannot. Thus, the unions and them employers decide...

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Hungry for Program Expansion (Cato-at-liberty)

Tue, 13 May 2008 22:16:53 GMT

Yesterday I blogged about a Washington Post column by Shankar Vedantam that began: “About 35 million Americans regularly go hungry each year, according to federal statistics.” I looked up the federal data, and the real number appears to be about 9 million. I queried the Post about the discrepancy, and Shankar kindly pointed me to this study produced by academic health scholars and the Sodexho...

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An Interesting Union-Managment Agreement (Workplace Prof Blog)

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:48:06 GMT

... individually. Since 2005, the unions have organized about 15,000 workers at Aramark, Compass and Sodexho, which collectively employ more than 300,000 people in North America, according to an SEIU spokeswoman.

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OSHA slaps Sodexho with safety violations (The Business First of Buffalo)

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:02:41 GMT

A list of repeated and serious violations of federal health and safety standards has resulted in fines and penalties adding up to $77,125 against Sodexho Inc.

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I Love it When They Walk The Talk (ERE Blog Central | ERE Blog Network)

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:57:01 GMT

Angela Guidroz, a Recruiting Manager at Sodexho, wrote an excellent article today for ERE,' Getting Good at Military Skills Translation - The extra effort is worth the challenge.' I encourage recruiters to read the article and pass it on. It raises some great ideas and answers questions about how recruiters can make a difference in their chosen profession. I was especially pleased to see that...

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