But Sodexho-Marriott is playing like this, so we're forced to do this. The low rate of union membership results from the company's fierce opposition to organizing efforts, not from workers' lack of interest, HERE says. A policy of termination after eight disciplinary citations was changed to four last summer. Health coverage is expensive and insufficient. Part-time workers have no benefits.
Disparities exist between workers.
New hires earn more than more senior workers, Nissim-Sabat says. A union will ensure workers have a voice in the workplace, Nissim-Sabat says. If a union becomes a reality, HERE will advocate a system that takes into account salary recommendations from management as well as seniority, Nissim-Sabat says. Darlena Sands, a Sodexho-Marriott food service worker on the Xavier campus, says she wants a union because it will give her more of a voice. Sands has worked for the company for more than four years.