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Ramada Inn & Union

Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 11/30/2005 - 10:25am.

I don't have all the pieces of this story yet, hopefully folks can fill in the blanks for us.

Okay. The Ramada Inn Governor House was unionized for over 20 years. The hotel's general manager then began outsourcing the food and beverage department to a non-union company. Protest happened. Then the restaurant was closed down, in what looks to be a classic union-busting maneuver.

A new restaurant, Southern Kitchen, is scheduled to open in that space this Saturday. No mention of union.

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I'll definately be trying Sou

Submitted by The Fire Inside on Wed, 11/30/2005 - 1:22pm.

I'll definately be trying Southern Kitchen.

The article about Southern Ki

Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 11/30/2005 - 2:44pm.

The article about Southern Kitchen made me hungry. I do wish the business well. But I also wonder about the Ramada union busting issue.

thanks sarah for posting this

Submitted by khaos on Wed, 11/30/2005 - 4:32pm.

thanks sarah for posting this. i have forwarded the information to stefan moritz of UNITE_HERE local 8 and the olympia workers association to try to get more info on the implications of this action in the context of the restaurant workers strike. will post more.

Good deal! Thanks for forward

Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 11/30/2005 - 6:07pm.

Good deal! Thanks for forwarding the info to Local 8 folks and OWA, will be very helpful to hear what they say.

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