UNITE HERE Local 11 and Sodexo reached a tentative contract agreement.
December 17, 2019, 2:41 PM
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The Democratic primary debate scheduled for Thursday will move forward as planned, after negotiators announced Tuesday they had reached a tentative contract agreement in a labor dispute entangling Loyola Marymount University, the site of the final candidate matchup of the year.
The union, UNITE HERE Local 11, which announced the breakthrough, had enlisted the top-polling seven candidates qualified to participate in Thursday's face-off to help their fight for better wages and benefits.
Signage for the sixth Democratic presidential candidates' debate on, co-sponsored by PBS NewsHour and POLITICO and held at Loyola Marymount University's Gersten Pavilion, is seen posted on the campus, Dec. 11, 2019.
Signage for the sixth Democratic presidential candidates' debate on, co-sponsored by PBS NewsHour and POLITICO and held at Loyola Marymount University's Gersten Pavilion, is seen posted on the campus, Dec. 11, 2019.Brian Cahn/Zuma Press
All the candidates who qualified had announced late last week they wouldn't "cross the union's picket line" at the university to participate in the debate.
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