Boycott of OLIVE GARDEN

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OLIVE GARDEN A THREAT TO HEALTHCARE

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See article in Salon:

http://www.salon.com/2012/11/20/8_bosses_who_screwed_their_employees_after_obamas_reelection/

Red Lobster and Olive Garden parent company may rely on more part-time workers.

Darden Concepts, the parent corporation of Red Lobster and Olive Garden, may start using more part-time workers who would likely not be eligible for employee-sponsored health insurance plans, according to Salon’s Natasha Lennard, who cites a report by MSNBC’s Ned Resnikoff:

[T]he company overall could come to rely more on part-time workers. Those new employees would likely not enjoy the same health benefits that all employees currently do. “Today we offer health care to all of our employees,” said Rich Jeffers, [a spokesperson for Darden]. But under the Affordable Care Act, which sets minimum standards for the health care being provided, “we can’t offer that.”

It’s appalling that Darden would cut health insurance offerings in response to a law that should boost healthcare coverage, but it’s not all that surprising; Darden has a long history of terrible labor practices.

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Guarantee that all employees will have access to the benefits of Obamacare.