{"id":65244,"date":"2026-07-09T09:09:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=victories&#038;p=65244"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:09:04","slug":"school-cafeteria-workers-in-connecticut-ratify-contract","status":"publish","type":"victories","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/actions\/victories\/school-cafeteria-workers-in-connecticut-ratify-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"School Cafeteria Workers in Connecticut Ratify Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>A well-seasoned contract:<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0The cafeteria staff celebrates their recent ratification win<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kitchen staff working in public schools in Vernon, Conn., unanimously ratified their latest three-year agreement in early June. Represented by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ufcw919.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UFCW Local 919<\/a>\u00a0for the past 30 years, the workers are employees of the Vernon Board of Education, and serve meals to students at schools throughout the area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strong contract includes a freeze in health insurance costs for the term&nbsp;of&nbsp;the deal \u2014without any increases over last year\u2019s rates.&nbsp;The 30 workers covered by the agreement will also receive a 12 percent pay increase and more money for uniform reimbursement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe told our employer that this contract is all about the money.&nbsp;We won\u2019t be left behind.&nbsp;We achieved that goal,\u201d said bargaining committee member Annette Grant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UFCW Local 919 President Mark Espinosa shared Grant\u2019s enthusiasm and added, \u201cWe are incredibly proud to have represented these dedicated employees for so long.&nbsp;They work hard serving the children&nbsp;of&nbsp;the town and they deserve a contract that recognizes their dedication.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A well-seasoned contract:\u00a0The cafeteria staff celebrates their recent ratification win Kitchen staff working in public schools in Vernon, Conn., unanimously ratified their latest three-year agreement in early June. Represented by\u00a0UFCW Local 919\u00a0for the past 30 years, the workers are employees of the Vernon Board of Education, and serve meals to students at schools throughout the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":436,"featured_media":65247,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[574],"class_list":["post-65244","victories","type-victories","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ufcw-local-919"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>School Cafeteria Workers in Connecticut Ratify Contract - The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"School Cafeteria Workers in Connecticut Ratify Contract\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/actions\/victories\/school-cafeteria-workers-in-connecticut-ratify-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"School Cafeteria Workers in Connecticut Ratify Contract - The United Food &amp; 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