LONGVIEW, Texas — Aramark Services has announced it will lay off close to 700 employees at seven Christus hospitals in Texas, including Christus Good Shepherd in Longview and Christus Trinity Mother Frances in Tyler.
However, it's likely most of those employees will be hired by the hospital system's next food services provider.
The employees work in a variety of jobs in cafeteria services at the hospitals, from administrators and dietitians to hourly workers such as cashiers and cooks.
"The current food service contract between CHRISTUS Health and Aramark is expiring, and we will begin working with new vendor Morrison on Nov. 1. Aramark employees will be offered positions with Morrison, and we do not expect any disruption to current operations or employment. We want to clarify that Aramark is legally required by the federal government to provide notification of 60 calendar days in advance of planned closings and layoffs. While technically these employees will be laid off from Aramark, we expect them to transition immediately to employment with Morrison," said CHRISTUS in a statement.
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