Contract negotiations have broken down between the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the union representing the food service workers in the Duval County Public Schools system, and Chartwells K12, the district’s food service provider.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Chartwells, a foodservice company for the students at Duval County Public Schools, is holding five separate hiring events in October. The job fair will be hiring workers for Duval County Public Schools' cafeterias for food service roles. According to an event notice, employees will "only work day shifts, no nights, no weekends, paid sick leave, paid holidays, and many other benefits available.”Full- and part-time positions are available. The company will be interviewing and offering jobs on the spot at these job fairs. If you can’t make it to the job fair events, you can also apply here.