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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Workers, protesters and activists march to the Burger King on Orrington Avenue on Sunday afternoon to protest low wages in Evanston. The marchers later demonstrated outside McDonald’s on Dempster Street, demanding better working conditions.

Workers protest McDonald’s, Burger King over minimum wages

May 1, 2016

Evanston workers, activists and community members marched to Burger King, 1740 Orrington Ave., Sunday afternoon as part of a demonstration against low wages and poor working conditions in fast food restaurants...

Police Blotter: May 15

May 14, 2015

More than $1,500 stolen from restaurant safe About $1,600 was stolen from a safe in Evanston early Thursday morning, police said. The 55-year-old night manager of a McDonald's, 1919 Dempster St.,...

Students attend the mayor’s annual youth summer job fair at Evanston Township High School. This year, the fair included more than 30 businesses and offered more than 600 jobs to attendees.

Annual Evanston youth employment fair reaches highest levels of participation

March 31, 2015

A record number of businesses attended the mayor's summer job fair Saturday to bring employment opportunities to high school students in Evanston. The annual job fair drew its best turnout yet, said Porschia...

McDonald’s, pictured here at 1919 Dempster St., employs people at the minimum wage. Recent efforts on a statewide and Chicago level to raise the minimum wage have raised questions of a possible wage hike among some Evanston residents.

After Chicago action, discussion of minimum wage hike reaches Evanston

March 6, 2015

Elliot Zashin, a retired Evanston resident and former job coach at Interfaith Action of Evanston, has been working on gathering information about low-wage employment in Evanston since the fall of 2013. After...

Gloria Davis, an activist with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, speaks Wednesday at a panel on minimum wage in University Hall. The discussion took place days before citizens will vote on an advisory referendum to increase the Illinois minimum wage to $10 an hour.

Panel discusses minimum wage increase before referendum vote

October 30, 2014

A raise in the minimum wage affects not only workers, but the entire community, said McDonald's employee Nancy Salgado at Northwestern on Wednesday night. Salgado is a member of Chicago's Fight for...

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