On Oct. 1, the student group, Cards United Against Sweatshops (CUAS), met for the second time with U of L administrators, COO/CFO Harlan Sands and Dean of Students and Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Michael Mardis to discuss raising the wage of all contract workers to a minimum of $10.10 an hour.
For the state of Kentucky, a recent executive order by Governor Steve Beshear increased wages for all state agency contract workers, but universities are exempt from this.
U of L is currently seeking proposal bids for a new food service contract, and CUAS believes that the university has the ability apply a wage increase within the terms of the Request for Proposal.