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The Bon Appétit Management Company dining hall workers voted Monday morning to be represented by the Teamsters Local 929. After a card check to make sure that a majority voted in favor of unionizing, the employees will now be represented by Teamsters, just as the Bon Appetit employees at Hillel’s Falk Dining Commons voted this spring. “Teamsters are now recognized as the sole bargaining organization for all workers that work for [Bon Appetit at Penn],” Secretary Treasurer of Teamsters Local 929 John Preston said. “The employees overwhelmingly decided they need a union to represent them with their jobs on campus with Bon Appetit.

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The Bon Appétit Management Company dining hall workers voted Monday morning to be represented by the Teamsters Local 929. After a card check to make sure that a majority voted in favor of unionizing, the employees will now be represented by Teamsters, just as the Bon Appetit employees at Hillel’s Falk Dining Commons voted this spring. “Teamsters are now recognized as the sole bargaining organization for all workers that work for [Bon Appetit at Penn],” Secretary Treasurer of Teamsters Local 929 John Preston said. “The employees overwhelmingly decided they need a union to represent them with their jobs on campus with Bon Appetit.




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