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Dining Halls Face Staff Shortage In Boom Times

Quincy House workers frustrated with lack of help

"They say 'that's your job -- you have to do it.' What are we paying dues for?" says one staffer.

Union representatives, including President Janice Loux, didn't return three weeks of Crimson phone calls and faxes.

Meanwhile, the problems aren't going away.

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A Cornucopia of Work

If more Quincy staff did choose to leave, they would have jobs to go to, judging by current market conditions.

In 1998, the Cambridge resident unemployment rate sunk to 1.9 percent--the lowest in decades--compared to 3.3 percent statewide and 4.5 percent across the nation.

Barry A. Fitzpatrick, the Boston staffing manager of Culi Services, the largest provider of food service workers in the United States, says his industry is facing a particularly large boom, with five new hotels opening in Boston.

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