Shelton cafeteria workers steamed over contract negotiations

SHELTON — Tired of losing money on its school lunch program, the school district changed food service vendors over the summer in hopes of breaking even or better. Cafeteria workers, however, say they may be the ones to pay the price. “They want us to take a 10 to 12 percent pay cut by losing affordable insurance,” Ann Kosiorowski a lunch lady assigned to Shelton Intermediate School, said. “It’s unacceptable... It’s creating a crisis for us.” Janet Martin Allen, a cafeteria worker for 37 years in the district, called the contract being proposed to them by Whitsons New England Inc., “the worst ever.

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