After more than a year of student and worker demonstrations, UC Davis recently announced that food-services staff will soon become eligible for University of California employment, providing them with health insurance and retirement benefits. Previously food service workers at the university were employed by Sodexho, a multinational food service corporation, and were unable to receive university benefits. Under the new employment arrangement up to 200 non-student and 450 student workers will become UC Davis employees, a move that will cost the university nearly $2 million and may take up to a year to implement. Much of the money will come from students – funds will be taken out of Student Housing and Student Union reserves, and school’s student fee is expected to increase at least 7%.

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