The phrase
"lunchroom workers" refers to people who work in a school or company's lunchroom, preparing and serving food to students or employees during lunchtime.
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But
persuading lunchroom workers and students to accept the new rules isn't half as difficult as protecting the whole federal school lunch program from the scythe of the new Republican majority in Congress.
Chicago Public Schools began laying off 200
lunchroom workers Friday in the latest round of pink slips issued by the cash - strapped district.
«CPS is starting a new fresh food program, which is great thing
since lunchroom workers have been campaigning for two years for more fresh food in CPS cafeterias,» said Carly Karmel, spokeswoman for United Here Local 1.
Unite Here Local I, the union representing the lunch workers, said the 200 cuts come in addition to the 163
lunchroom workers laid off last month as part of school budget cuts.
The workers are calling for five specific changes they plan to present to the school board during a Wednesday meeting: soliciting input from lunchroom staff to help improve school food, offering more training and education
for lunchroom workers, adding collective bargaining language that protects workers» right to talk about the food to parents and kids, building working kitchens in all new schools, and ceasing the replacement of fresh food with frozen and reheated fare.
CPS lunchroom workers rally against the prepackaged frozen food prepared in schools with «warming kitchens» on Tuesday.
Generally, schools with «warming kitchens» employ two to three
lunchroom workers who reheat the meals in industrial convection ovens, Green said.
Given the availability of alternative foods, some students dump their mashed potatoes and vegetables and fill up on snack items, teachers and
lunchroom workers say.
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Lunchroom workers may be mothers from the neighborhood, teachers or school employees,» he says.
A principal has no authority over maintenance or
lunchroom workers, who report to the building engineer or lunchroom manager.
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Our lunchroom workers are an important part of our food service program, and we value interest and passion in offering students the most nutritious meals possible,» he said.
The lunchroom workers union, Unite Here Local 1, represents 3,300 CPS lunchroom employees, dozens of whom marched in front of CPS headquarters Tuesday afternoon.
«If you take any food out of this room,»
a lunchroom worker told the kids, «they will stop the whole breakfast program.»
The New York Post, which first broke the story, reported that
the lunchroom workers on duty at the time were unable to assist the boy.
Media reports indicated that
the lunchroom workers on duty at the time were completely unprepared for a choking emergency and that the child's death could have been prevented with proper staff vigilance and training.
With the city Education Department announcing layoffs of some 800 support staff, including school aides, parent coordinators,
lunchroom workers, bus coordinators and others, UFT Secretary Michael Mendel joined City Councilman Charles Barron, Assemblywoman Inez Barron and nearly a dozen other Council members in decrying the budget - cutting move at a press conference on August 30 outside DOE headquarters.
As the Oct. 7 deadline fast approached, educators at almost 350 public schools across New York City prepared themselves and their school communities for the crushing loss of more than 700 school support staff — including school aides, parent coordinators,
lunchroom workers, crossing guards and others — who were set to be let go by the city in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002.
With the city Department of Education announcing the layoff of almost 800 school support staff, including aides, parent coordinators,
lunchroom workers, bus coordinators, crossing guards and others, UFT Secretary Michael Mendel joined affected workers, other union leaders, elected officials and parents in denouncing the budget - cutting move at a protest outside DOE headquarters on Sept. 7.
Often, those nonteaching school staff — custodians, bus drivers,
lunchroom workers, and secretaries — can share local historical information to help you add to your curriculum.
And please share how you and your kids have benefited as a result of your taking the time to ask a custodian, a bus driver,
a lunchroom worker, or a secretary some curriculum - based questions.