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Member of the Legislative Assembly Calls on VANOC to Investigate Whether Sodexo Violated Workers' Rights at Olympics SEIU Joins with MLA, City Councillor, and Workers to Expose Sodexo's Mistreatment of Workers and Inadequate Training on Food-Handling during the Olympics VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hours before the Opening Ceremonies of the Paralympics today, elected officials, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Sodexo workers called on VANOC (the Vancouver Organizing Committee) to investigate Sodexo's behavior during the Winter Olympics. Threatening to mar the spirit and success of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver, reports are surfacing of Sodexo's mistreatment of its employees during the Winter Olympics, including potential cases of unpaid overtime, failure to adequately train workers for the jobs they were asked to perform, and not providing workers adequate food and drink while working. The story of Snezana (Ana)
