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Food Service Workers Ready To Strike In Woodland Hills
A week before school begins, 43 Woodland Hills food service workers are ready to strike as they bargain for a new contract.
NORTH BRADDOCK, PA —Union food service workers in the Woodland Hills School District will strike if they don't get a new contract soon, reports said.
All 43 Woodland Hills Cafeteria Education Support Personnel members voted Monday to approve the strike, according to the Tribune-Review. The food service employees work for subcontractor Nutrition Inc., the report said, and have not had a contract since July 1.
The workers are demanding "a living wage and respect for the positions they hold with the company," according to a news release.
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The Woodland Hills school district serves about 3,100 students from Braddock, Braddock Hills, Chalfant, Churchill, East Pittsburgh, Edgewood, Forest Hills, North Braddock, Rankin, Swissvale, Turtle Creek and Wilkins Township.
The first day for students in the district this year is Aug. 24.
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