{"id":2080180,"date":"2025-10-09T19:41:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2080180"},"modified":"2025-10-09T19:41:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:41:05","slug":"calling-for-a-fair-contract-food-workers-walk-out-sony-pictures-entertainment-culver-city-crossroads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/calling-for-a-fair-contract-food-workers-walk-out-sony-pictures-entertainment-culver-city-crossroads\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling for a Fair Contract, Food Workers Walk Out @ Sony Pictures Entertainment \u2013 Culver City Crossroads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-73688\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n<br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On October 7, 2025, dozens of dishwashers, cooks, cashiers, and other workers who prepare and serve food at Sony Pictures Entertainment walked out on strike for a fair contract.<\/p>\n<p>Cafeteria workers at Sony Picture Entertainment have been fighting for better wages and benefits since 2024. The workers are employed by Wolfgang Puck Company, a subsidiary of Compass Group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are the latest group of workers at a Compass Group cafeteria to strike this year. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In July, commissary workers at DreamWorks walked out on strike for a fair contract and at Walt Disney Imagineering in mid-September.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Heranadez of UNITE HERE offered some background. \u201cEarlier this year, workers at the Sony Pictures Entertainment studio cafeterias walked out on an \u201cunfair labor practice strike,\u201d alleging that their employer, Compass Group-subsidiary Wolfgang Puck Catering, had engaged in unlawful surveillance and interrogation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The workers\u2019 union, UNITE HERE Local 11, is in ongoing negotiations with Compass Group.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo \u2013 Strikers from UNITE HERE at the picket location with City Council member Yasmine Imani McMorrin.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"custom_html-12\" class=\"widget_text mh-widget mh-posts-2 widget_custom_html\">\n<div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; padding: 15px 0; background-color: #fff;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\" title=\"The Actors' Gang\" href=\"https:\/\/theactorsgang.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; outline: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/culvercitycrossroads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Actors-Gang-bottom-banner.png\" alt=\"The Actors' Gang\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\t\t(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\t\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t\tjs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t\tjs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n\t\t\t\t\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\t\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source culvercitycrossroads.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 7, 2025, dozens of dishwashers, cooks, cashiers, and other workers who prepare and serve food at Sony Pictures Entertainment walked out on strike for a fair contract. Cafeteria workers at Sony Picture Entertainment have been fighting for better wages and benefits since 2024. 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