Eagle Point School Board Trashes Workers

GRINCH HURTS WORKERS RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, 20.12.2009 01:56

Sodexo successfully gets the Eagle Point School Board to turn over its nine food service managers to this greedy company who makes money by paying workers less, decreasing their benefits and taking away their voice at work. This is what union busting is all about.

The December 17, 2010 School Board meeting was timely for union busting since a new Oregon State law (HB2867) about "transparent outsourcing contractual requirements" does not take effect until January 1, 2010. This is just plain sleazy!

Wow--this is what being a Grinch looks like, trashing workers just before Christmas. The vote was divided with 3 voting for Sodexo and 2 voting for the workers. Three lumps of coal for the three Board Members who voted to trash workers!

Learn about the bills which were designed to slow down greedy corporations like Sodexo

Achieving Government Accountability and Transparency in Contracting
 http://www.oregongovernmentaccountability.com/

In 2009 Oregon and Congress are going to invest in job creation through updating our infrastructure and green jobs. Much of this work will be done by private contractors, providing jobs for thousands who need them. Over the past 15 years, state and local governments have shifted many public services to private contractors, looking to save money, increase efficiency, and maintain quality. At the same time, Oregon laws regarding contracting have not kept pace to ensure quality and cost-savings. While other states have increased their transparency and accountability, Oregon has not. With an influx of infrastructure projects to jump-start the economy, it is critical that Oregon can show taxpayers how the money being spent and can evaluate its effectiveness. Learning from other states, Oregon can increase government accountability and transparency.

In 2009 a coalition of groups have come together to increase transparency and accountability in contracting. HB 2037 will increase transparency by requiring information about contracts online and in a report and HB 2867 will increase quality standards, accountability, and oversight of contracts.

Here are the full bills, which start with a summary (pdf format):

HB2037-  http://landru.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2037.intro.pdf
HB2867-  http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2800.dir/hb2867.intro.pdf

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Sodexo hurts farm to school/local economies 20.12.2009 - 21:58 Selling Community Soul Keep It Local Right in our own backyard we see jobs and our economy coming unraveled as corporate greed takes over. Sodexo does some shady backdoor deals which hurt small family farms and the local economy movement. Sure makes one wonder about influence when school board members vote with modern day robber barons. "Sodexo and hidden kickbacks in the food service industry" 1.) There can be a financial incentive to limit local or organic purchasing. As described in the article: "Food service companies buy products from vendors that pay bigger rebates rather than those that offer cheaper, locally grown or high quality food." 2.) The need to raise prices to compensate for the companies' demand for rebates affects small local suppliers more than large ones. Larger suppliers may have a high enough margin that they can get away with not raising the prices of their products to the same extent. A small New England produce supplier described the system to Komisar as pushing items off the menu and resulting in frozen items being substituted for the small supplier's fresh produce. HERE FOR THE FULL STORY "Sodexo and hidden kickbacks in the food service industry"  http://stiritupcampaign.org/sodexo_and_hidden_kickbacks_in_the_food_service_industry STOP CORPORATE AMERICA!> Homepage:: http://