FREEDOM & FAIRNESS VOL. 101 ISSUE 2 WWW.USFCA.EDU/TOGHORN SEPTEMBER 16,2004 Bon Appetit Contract Crisis Settled KATHLEEN EMMA Vivanco decided to get other students StaffWriter involved to help garner support for the workers Interviews by Kelsey Rigg I Photographs by Hunter Patterson and promote awareness to what she feels is a In June 2003 the University of San Francisco social justice issue. "It's about how this institution "Yes, I'm registered. For hired a new food service provider, Bon Appetit, promotes social justice so I wanted to make sure which boasted and promised a new menu of we could carry out our social justice mission by minoritiej these days, fresh, healthy food. With this change in food also supporting the people who provide meals for us," and for young people too, came a change in contract for USF food service she said. they need to know we have workers. During lunchtime on Monday, Apr. 26, The workers are members of the Hotel the employees walked out and protested with decisions to make in the Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, students in Market because the contract had still world. It s all about the Local 2. Under the Local 2 Union, and with not been settled. Multiple student organizations future." the previous food service company, Sodexho, on campus, such as FA.C.E.S, the Peace and employees were granted benefits such as health Justice Coalition, the Black Student Union, care, free access to lawyers, paid sick leave, strike Kasmahan and L.A.S.O., helped to sponsor Kenny Barnes jnior sociology major and unemployment protection, an education the boycott. In addition, ASUSF Senate passed fund and an AIDS fund, under a Union trust a resolution to support the workers. From the fund, which has been in place for 25 years. Bon Appetit side, Terry Stoner said, "during that When Bon Appetit came in they offered period, several of the workers came to us and the workers company benefits instead of union apologized for the affect it was having on the benefits, which caused the two sides to go through campus and explained that it was all about the "Ijust regiitered online issues, not the people or the company, and that legal negotiations to hammer out a contract that yesterday. I'm voting worked for both sides. Terry Stoner, associate this is the process they would go through to get vice president of human resources, said, "the their point across. They were following the advice becauje we complain difference was they [the food service workers] of their leaders. We certainly have a great rapport about a lot of things that had been in the trust fund, which is basically the with our workers and a lot of them enjoy working we don't like and voting MA1T CKA1U /FOUHUKN union's insurance policy, for many, many years with Bon Appetit." Bon Appetit chef Zoey King tends to the grill at Market. and it had certain different categories." Stoner said Bon Appetit "actually resolved is a way we can make a King and 11 wokers are under a new contract. Stoner added, "the coverage was very similar", the situation before the end of the year last year. difference." but the workers wanted to keep their original We met and discussed, we had a lot of wording to coverage. The coverage Bon Appetit offered "was go through and details to work out. But basically, Frances Wang less expensive, but it became very clear in the while we were still in class, we had all agreed to sophomore undeclared end that it was going to become a major issue go forward with it. Over the summer we went science major Foghorn 101 with them...basically what was holding up the through with the rest of the negotiations and by contract was our insurance or their insurance," July 1, we had a working document that basically A look back in time Stoner said. just needed to be voted on and signed by both These differences in benefits caused turmoil teams." The result is a four-year contract that "I'm registered to vote be­ in Market. Maria Vivanco, a junior politics and received a 100 percent unanimous approval. RORY BROWN Latin American studies student, remembers one Stoner explained that the Union and Bon Appetit cause that'it how decifiotu StaffWriter day last April when she stood in the burrito line have separate negotiators who helped to create a are made on our behalf to get her lunch. "I saw the workers kind of low, suitable contract. Stoner added that members of In commemoration of its 101st year in and we can't complain just not in the mood, and it reflected that they the work force sit on the negotiation committee print, the Foghorn will run Foghorn 101, about what'., going on un­ were having problems," said Vivanco. She asked and once they reach "what they believe is the a look back at past issues of the paper, and the workers what was wrong and they explained final contract, all ofthe workers vote." less we participate. If we past events covered at USE there were problems with the contract. Vivanco As for the results Stoner said, "Everybody don't vote, we are letting During this week in September 1960, was given the business card of Alphonso Pines, seems very happy. It's what they had asked for in the Foghorn reported, "Enrollment in the other people make impor­ the Local 2 Union representative. When she the negotiations and both teams gave in a little freshman class has reached an all-time tant decisions for us." spoke with Pines and asked how she could help on this and a little on that and it is pretty much high" of 450 students. The new students and attended a meeting with the workers. At the a perfect contract for the workers and they're "got down to the hard facts of campus... meeting, Vivanco found out that the workers' John Young bearing symbols of their status on campus: fees for health care were to be increased and they BON APPETIT: PAGE 2 senior environmental science ill-fitting initiation dinks and miniature would lose their paid lunch break. major billboards underscoring the obvious. 'This is a Frosh!' the signs said." In addition to covering the annual hazing of the freshman class, the Sutro Library of San Francisco was relocated to the USF campus, giving students easy access to 100,000 books. The' library was open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. In other news, philosophy professor Desmond J. Fitzgerald took a philosophical approach to defending capital punishment. September 12,1960: Freshmen hit campus .-£ SAn fRAnq|£6 foghorzn McLaren Construction Nears End The Machine \_~ssL'm"',p°r.''ir . MELODY NAZARIAN, DIANE a lounge on the first floor for students to classrooms for students are some of the interaction between faculty and —I USF Prof, defends ROMUALDEZ & IDY SO congregate before or after classes, a flat best aspects ofthe building. students". capital punishment Staff Writers screen television which broadcasts news These new classrooms will also The renovations to McLaren also all day, a new computer lab, several new include the latest technology. For added several faculty and student SulfO library Campwc ,wclU £•£*. rtlnmfcW MOT. ~"""_, SSE The renovated McLaren Center classrooms, seminar rooms and lecture example, new overhead projectors are conference rooms by adding two floors 100,000 feix.fcs ;.••. and new School of Business and halls for both the graduate business and mounted on the ceiling so as not to get to the original three floors on the west Management building, which is on the undergraduate student courses. in the way of the students' vision. "It's side ofthe building. These new floors will verge of completion, will offer a variety Deanna Pachinger, assistant director wonderful to be in modern and state- include new faculty and administrative of new services to students and faculty. of the undergraduate program at the of-the-art rooms," said Professor of offices. The new 26,000 square-foot wing next Business School said, "McLaren is a Management Dayle Smith. The new wing will also contain up to Phelan Hall is part of SOBAM's (The nice and new building for students." Pachinger said SOBAM hopes to to five business center offices, including School of Business and Management) Although there are many places still provide wireless Internet throughout the Chiuchiarelli New Venture Center, $18 million expansion project, which under construction, Pachinger said the the building. "We want to enhance the the Gellert Family Foundation Business broke ground on June 3, 2003. Thus far building will look good after remodeling. learning environment by creating state- the new building and renovations include She thinks the new courtyard and of-the-art classrooms and facilitate CONSTRUCTION: PAGE 2 Is USF parting ways with traditional g- Find out why Luna Park is Be in the crowd when USF's rifle ON Catholic beliefs? C^wQ sickening...in a good way. team enters a week of competition. 2§ fe p- - SAN FRANCISCO FOGHORN 2130 FULTON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118 NEWSROOM -- 415.422.6122 ADVERTISING - 415.422.2657 NEWS San Francisco Foghorn m- SEPTEMBER 16,2004 Contract Set McLaren Nears Completion BON APPETIT: FRONT PAGE CONSTRUCTION: FRONT PAGE Yet the construction has incited some complaints from students, particularly "I believe it'_i my constitu­ happy with it." Center and the Telecommunications those living in Phelan Hall. Sophomore Julia Ribera, a Bon Appetit employee who works Management and Policy Program, which and Phelan resident Marjorie Basa said, "I tional right as an Ameri­ can hear the construction work and yelling at the burrito station, is happy the contract has been work on education and research projects can citizen to vote.