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Bertrand Olotara, a Senate cafeteria worker, poses for a photograph at Union Station in January. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) Bertrand Olotara, a cook in the Senate cafeteria, is finally ...
More than 50 people were arrested Tuesday after the Senate cafeteria was shut down by anti-Israel protesters chanting, “Senate can’t eat until Gaza eats!" ...
Senate cafeteria workers – who work long hours serving senators and staffers their meals on Capitol Hill – have been threatened with a round of layoffs, forcing Democratic lawmakers to ...
The cafeteria workers he was speaking to were preparing for an arm-in-arm street blockade in front of the Dirksen Senate Office Building that would surely end in some arrests. The demonstration ...
Dozens of anti-Israel protesters were arrested Tuesday after storming through a Senate office building and briefly causing the cafeteria to be shut down, according to Capitol Police.. The mob of ...
Senate dining workers have endured a dearth of tips and business amid the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to millions of dollars in federal aid that was issued for Capitol workers in 2020, per Roll Call.
About 50 activists calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Gaza war were arrested Tuesday after protesting in the Senate cafeteria around lunchtime. As of 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, Capitol Police ...
Hundreds of cafeteria workers who help feed senators and others in the Capitol and nearby office buildings will get back pay totaling more than $1 million because their private employers illegally ...
Labor issues in the Senate cafeteria have drawn a lot of attention over the last couple of years: In 2015, 40 workers walked out to join a protest over the federal minimum wage.
WASHINGTON — A group of Democratic senators said Wednesday they had secured funding that would prevent more than 80 Senate cafeteria workers from losing their jobs in the next 10 days.. Sens ...