Food service workers employed by the subcontractor Aramark at 55 Water Street and New York Life, in the Financial District, are on strike. Here's the email bulletin from Unite HERE

NYC's Other Strike: Cafeteria Workers for City's Biggest Companies Strike at Two New York Landmarks

Workers in the executive dining rooms and corporate cafeterias for some of New York City's most prestigious companies went on strike on November 12th at two city landmarks.

Striking workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 100, vowed to walk picket lines at New York Life and 55 Water Street until their employer, the Philadelphia-based contractor ARAMARK, settles contracts with them.

ARAMARK food service workers at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Citigroup have already voted to authorize a strike at their locations, and collective bargaining agreements continue to expire at ARAMARK cafeterias across the city. If the company does not commit to raising standards, workers at cafeterias at Bank of New York, CBS, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and the United Nations could join the strike as their contracts expire.