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Costs are kept down by squeezing overhead among its army of 380,000 employees in 80 countries. Almost a third of those work in North America...\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cblockquote>The union [SEIU] says many wages Sodexo pays to its U.S. workers, though above the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour, are still so low that some workers are required to turn to government assistance, including anti-hunger programs.\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cp>Unions from three countries asked the company for a decent wage for its workers, \u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">reported the IUF\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> at its website. The IUF is organizing Sodexo workers worldwide. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Cp> Related articles by Zemanta\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">U.S. Union Plans to Serve Up a Protest at Sodexo's Annual Meeting\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> (nytimes.com)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">U.S. Labor Takes Its Case to European Bosses\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> (businessweek.com)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">For the First Time, More Union Workers Work in Government versus Private Sector\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> (benzinga.com)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Sodexo Forecasts \"Difficult\" Year\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> (online.wsj.com)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cbr\u002F>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. 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