City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0178R

• File #: 09-0178R
• Version: 0
• Name: Retention of Baltimore Convention Center Food Services Workers Retention of Baltimore Convention Center Food Services Workers
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 12/10/2009
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/10/2009
• Title: Retention of Baltimore Convention Center Food Services Workers FOR the purpose of calling on the Baltimore Convention Center to ensure that the change in food service contractors does not result in the loss of jobs for current Convention Center food services workers and strongly endorsing the transition proposal offered by the Convention Center food service employees to the incoming food services contractor.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Sharon Green Middleton, Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch, President Young, Belinda Conaway, Edward Reisinger, Rochelle Spector, Agnes Welch, William H. Cole, IV, Bill Henry, Robert Curran, Nicholas C. D'Adamo
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/10/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
12/10/2009	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
12/10/2009	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmembers Clarke and Middleton


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Retention of Baltimore Convention Center Food Services Workers

FOR the purpose of calling on the Baltimore Convention Center to ensure that the change in food service contractors does not result in the loss of jobs for current Convention Center food services workers and strongly endorsing the transition proposal offered by the Convention Center food service employees to the incoming food services contractor.
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WHEREAS, The Baltimore Convention Center is a City-owned facility; and

WHEREAS, Outside contractors have always been used by the City to provide food services at the Convention Center; and

WHEREAS, The current employees providing food services to Convention Center visitors are experienced in their positions and specially trained through the Baltimore Ambassador program to provide services to visitors to Baltimore at the Convention Center in a way that casts the City in the best possible light; and

WHEREAS, Food services work at the Convention Center provides much needed full time jobs to many, and a majority of these jobs are filled by hardworking City residents; and

WHEREAS, On December 21st of this year the current food services contractor, ARAMARK, will be replaced by a new food services contractor, Centerplate; and,

WHEREAS, In the past whenever a new...