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- A union representing food service workers at Loyola-Marymount University has ended their ongoing strike and reached a tentative contract agreement with the university's contractor Sodexo.
- The end of the strike will allow Thursday's scheduled Democratic presidential debate at the university to go forward.
- After 150 cooks and dishwashers represented by the union Unite Here Local 11 went on strike, all seven qualifying candidates announced they would not cross the workers' picket line to attend the debate.
- On Tuesday, the union announced they had reached a provisional three-year agreement including a pay raise and lower healthcare costs for workers with Sodexo.
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A union representing food service workers at Loyola-Marymount University has ended their ongoing strike and reached a tentative contract agreement with the university's food service contractor Sodexo, allowing Thursday's scheduled Democratic presidential debate at the university to go forward.
After 150 cooks and dishwashers represented by the union Unite Here Local 11 went on strike after contract negotiations with Sodexo broke down, all seven qualifying candidates announced they would not cross the workers' picket line to attend the debate, putting its fate in jeopardy.
On Tuesday, the union announced they had reached a provisional three-year agreement including a pay raise and lower healthcare costs for workers with Sodexo.
The December debate will be co-hosted by PBS NewsHour and Politico on Thursday, December 19, at Loyola Marymount University in the first DNC primary debate to be held on the West coast. It's scheduled to be three hours long, airing at 8 p.m. ET.
Seven candidates met both the polling and fundraising requirements, according to Politico's tracker of DNC-approved debate polls. Former Vice President Joe Biden, Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, businessman Tom Steyer, businessman Andrew Yang are set to take the stage.
The debate will be moderated by PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, PBS NewsHour senior national correspondent Amna Nawaz, and Politico Chief Political Correspondent Tim Alberta.
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