Twenty Dartmouth Dining Services employees are losing their jobs so students can avoid paying a mandatory $800 per term minimum on food. In an April referendum, the majority of students said they would rather give up some dining options than spend a mandatory $800 minimum.
Associate Director of Dining Servics Tucker Rossiter said yesterday DDS would cut 11 union jobs, five non-union jobs and four management jobs in order to reduce costs and accommodate the new operating hours announced last week. "It's not easy to tell employees that right now they are on the list that doesn't get jobs for the fall," he said.
Dartmouth Dining Services announced its new Fall term hours of operation on Wednesday and is expected to make decisions on employee layoffs later today. In a Student Assembly-sponsored referendum last spring, 1,965 of 2,700 students voted to cut services rather than pay for a mandatory $800-per-term meal plan. A Dartmouth Dining Services ad hoc committee, which convened after the referendum and met throughout the summer, conceived the new hours. Under the new plan, Food Court will be open daily from 11 a.m.
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