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Supervisors press OLSE on SkyChefs investigation amid worker testimony alleging loss of health benefits
Summary
Supervisors held a hearing May 20 on complaints that SkyChefs moved work out of SFO to avoid San Francisco's Healthy Airport/Healthcare Accountability Ordinance; OLSE said it has opened an investigation and issued a notice for failure to cooperate; workers and unions urged strong enforcement.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on May 20 heard testimony and an enforcement update about allegations that catering contractor LSG Sky Chefs (referred to in the hearing as SkyChefs) is failing to comply with San Francisco's Healthy Airport amendment to the Healthcare Accountability Ordinance.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelmann, sponsor of the hearing, told the committee his office had learned SkyChefs moved operations — he said as many as 300 food production positions — from SFO to a San Jose facility and argued the company was doing so to avoid the city's healthcare requirements. Mandelmann said the ordinance requires SFO employers to provide…
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