Recently Aramark, the company who the South Dining Hall is managed by, has made two drastic changes while students were away for winter break. Those changes are as follows:

1. Changing 24/7 dining services to only be operated until 1AM as shown through the email below.

2. Firing Katie who had this to say about the situation:

"I was let go on Friday, December 15th due to me being "18 minutes late" when in actuality, I was only 6 minutes late. But needless to say I am going in on January 3rd at 1PM at South to fight for my job back for the third time. I have filed a third grievance which is going directly to the Regional District Manager who will be attending the meeting on Wednesday. Fingers crossed it all goes well and I will be seeing you when you come back from winter break. I would also like to let you know that I am going to be looking into my options because they have breached my contract. I did go ahead and apply for the lead position for the first floor for the 2 to 10 shift. They made me take a written exam which is not in my contract. The union is supposed to be looking into it and doing something about this but if their feet won't stop dragging, I will be going on my own and trying to find a way to make sure that they do not get away with it. Please be safe and again I'm going to fight and hopefully I will see you guys when you come back from the winter."

We as students were promised 24/7 dining when coming to Kutztown University and it is unfair that one of the main features of our dining plan that we pay for is being removed without any thought to how the students feel about such a massive change. Furthermore, firing one of the most beloved dining workers, especially in the way that Aramark did is simply unprofessional and distasteful.

We simply request that these two decisions be reversed ASAP so students can come back in the spring to get what they paid for.