As new food vendors prepare to set up shop at the Capitol complex this summer, current workers say many in their ranks have not received offers to keep their jobs.
The House chief administrative officer in May announced that a slate of eateries will take over starting this August, including a Starbucks replacing the existing Dunkin’, a QDOBA, Panera and more. Some cheered the news as a sign that the House was turning the page on a lackluster dining era.
But members of Unite Here Local 23, the union representing nearly 200 House food service workers currently employed by Sodexo, said the decision was made without considering them. And with just a few weeks before the changes take effect, many are wondering if they’ll still have jobs come next month.
