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Lydia Ricks is a junior at Millersville University. She has worked in catering within Millersville’s Dining Services for 15 months. Ricks first heard about Millersville’s potential outsourcing through an email newsletter from the organization Dining Heros. When she became aware of the University’s exploratory process into the option of outsourcing, she became concerned for the fate of her job, her colleagues’ livelihoods, and staff benefits such as free tuition for their children, should they choose to attend the University.
“I’m worried about not specifically me but my colleagues, they are losing their benefits, losing possible tuition reimbursement,” says Ricks. “I’m trying to do what I can as a student because I feel like hopefully the university will listen to me since I’m affected by this, but not directly and personally. I am more worried about my colleagues.”