Mayo Civic Center. Rebuilt in 2017 as convention venue with a 40,000-quare foot ballroom and 16 breakout rooms. Festisval capacity is 7,200 , concert seating 5,200.
Caterer: Past-due checks now have been issued
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The contract caterer at the Mayo Civic Center, Oak View Group of Los Angeles, , reported that short-changed employees have all been paid in full. The announcement came on the eve of a protest meeting called by angry OVG 360 employees. At issue, in part, was a policy change in gratuity pass-downs. For large sit-down banquets, some with 1,700 participants, the staff had been receiving 40% of a service fee, which then, without notification was cut to 35% in February, then 30% in March. Employees who inquired what was going on reportedly were let go. oVG360 said the former 40% staff cut would be restored.
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Mitchell Meurer, former OVG 360 supervisor, who organized the protest meeting: “Anyone with the courage to stand up and ask what is going on or try to put a stop to it, corporate or HR doesn’t seem to be interested and then on top of it all the people that have had the courage to stand up for the staff have been black-balled and fired, and now everyone here is afraid for their job, every manager, everybody on the food and beverage side of things anyways because they are run by OVG,”
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OVG 360 corporate statement: “We greatly value our hospitality team at the Mayo Civic Center. All employees have now been paid in full at the original rate for their work provided.”