According to an email update circulated by the Stanford Labor Action Coalition (SLAC), University administrators have refused to meet SLAC’s demands regarding holiday bonuses and paid vacation for Row chefs and kitchen assistants, known as “hashers.”

SLAC stated that its representatives recently met with University administrators, including Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Dean of Residential Education Deborah Golder.

Prior to winder break, SLAC circulated a petition demanding the University “reinstate vacation pay and holiday bonuses for chefs and hashers in self-ops, Greek houses, and theme houses at the same level as the 2010-2011 academic year; give chefs and hashers full heath care benefits as during the 2010-2011 academic year; cover parking permits and health certification expenses for chefs and hashers; and leave the kitchens of self-ops, Greek houses and theme houses in control of the students, chefs and hashers that have created these vibrant house communities.”

SLAC claims 1,400 Stanford community member signatures on the petition. [The Daily has yet to verify this number but estimates, due to some repeat and anonymous signatures, that the number is over 1,200.]

In the update email, SLAC objected to a Business Affairs audit of Row finances and said that Student Operating Services (SOS), previously the only provider of Row house kitchen labor, may have been forced to make cuts after being forced to compete with outside bidders.

Citing differing calculations from both sides of the debate, SLAC said that ResEd administrators have agreed to share a budget to clarify the debate, which is part of a larger controversy over increasing centralization of Row house finances.

-Margaret Rawson