The Culinary Union has come out firing with UFC wage inequality for women in its sights. Do female UFC fighters really earn 41-61% to that of their male peers? Paul Gift looks to the official paysheets for some answers.
The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 has come out with guns blazing over the last few months. They successfully lobbied to keep regulated, professional MMA out of New York this year when many people thought it was a done deal once Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested on corruption charges. Along with the Teamsters, they started a campaign to organize UFC fighters.