There have been at least nine boycotts of Sodexo, for varying reasons: at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, at the American University in Washington D.C., and at Université Laval in Quebec City, at Binghamton University in New York, and Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, at DePauw University in Indiana, Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia,[14][15][16] at Nordea banks in Finland, at the University of Tampere, Finland and at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.[17] At DePauw University the students protested against Sodexo's alleged low pay, former investment in private prison businesses, and the lack of local food options.[18] At the Nordea banks the issue was a cut in wages after Sodexo took over the bank's workplace food services.[19][20] After a successful boycott, the wages were raised.[21] In 2009, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) launched a United States nationwide campaign against Sodexo with their stated objective of improving wage and job standards. Clean Up Sodexo serves as the online staging area for the campaign. In 2010, the SEIU recruited students at many U.S. colleges to support strikes and demonstrations in protest of Sodexo's alleged unfair labor practices including anti-union behavior and paying low wages. [22][23] Although one series of strikes at the University of Pittsburgh led to the negotiation of higher wages and lower cost health insurance plans for the cafeteria workers,[24][25][26] so far none of the Sodexo accounts targeted by the SEIU have unionized or even requested an election vote. According to a statement from Sodexo, the SEIU is engaging in a smear campaign in an effort to drive out rival labor unions that have traditionally operated in the foodservice industry as well as for general publicity.[27] On April 16, 2010 SEIU workers organized a protest at the company's headquarters in Maryland alleging unfair and illegal treatment of Sodexo workers.[28] During the protest, Danny Glover was arrested, was given a citation and later released. The Associated Press reports "Glover and others stepped past yellow police tape and were asked to step back three times at Sodexo headquarters. When they refused, Starks says officers arrested them." [29] In July 2010 Sodexo settled charges brought by the state of New York alleging overcharging for food service and facilities management at public schools. According to a case brought by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Sodexo received rebates from suppliers without passing on the savings to its clients.[30] Sodexo paid a total of $30 million to the whistleblowers and affected schools, making it the largest ever settlement in New York made possible by the state's false claims act that didn't involve the Medicare program.[31] The settlement did not include an admission of liability from the company.[32] The case brought in New York has led to similar investigations in locations including New Jersey,[33][34] Washington, D.C.[35] and Berkeley, California.[36] The SEIU's accusations against Sodexo now seem to be back on the table. The National Labor Relations Board, an independent federal agency vested with the power to safeguard employees' rights, accuses the SEIU of engaging illegal tactics,[37] and the social credit rating agencies renew their confidence in Sodexo for its socially responsible investing (SRI) during the year 2010 and 2011. Sodexo is, in a lawsuit filed in March 2011, accusing the SEIU of "engaging in illegal tactics in its effort to unionize workers".[38] SUNY Police report In May 2011, 27 University of Washington students were arrested during a sit in at the University's administrative offices for protesting the University's concessions contract with Sodexo.[39] Shortly after, on May 19, another 13 students were arrested under similar circumstances.[40] In April 2012, a Sodexo regional manager allegedly tore up student protesters' signs and posters in the State University of New York at New Paltz Student Union Building.[41] Students there had organized a protest to highlight what they saw as the company's unethical treatment of workers and its lack of response to issues of sustainability.[42] All of the frozen beef products produced by Sodexo and sold in the UK were withdrawn on 22 February 2013 following the discovery of horse DNA in a sample.[43] The company supplies 2,300 institutions, including schools, old-age people homes, prisons and branches of the armed forces within the UK.[43] Reference from Wikipedia - search Sodexo