Hastings school district looks to privatize food service after workers' strike
The district is exploring hiring an outside company to serve school meals.
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The district is exploring hiring an outside company to serve school meals.
Despite renewed bargaining talks and a school board closed session dedicated specifically to the labor dispute, the Hastings food service workers are set to carry on with their month-old strike
HASTINGS, Minn.—With signs reading “Our Kids Deserve a Hot Meal” and “Superintendent Bob gets 35K Raise, Food Service Offered 35¢,” school food service workers in Hastings, Minn.
Now in their fourth week on strike, the Hastings food service workers took their homemade signs and sat in on the school board’s regular meeting on March 1.
As students at the Hastings Middle School headed home in buses and cars on Feb. 7, they were greeted with waves from the employees who typically nourish them during their