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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

A group of protestors holding signs cross Sheridan Rd.

SOLR marches with Compass workers and Local 1, calls for fair wages and COVID-19 concessions

June 15, 2021

Students Organizing for Labor Rights marched alongside Compass Group workers and their union representative organization UNITE HERE Local 1 during a Memorial Day rally calling for expanded workers’ rights. Around...

Members of the Northwestern community rallied for service workers laid off without pay since the end of Winter Quarter. Service workers spoke out at Wednesday’s rally about the economic injustice they’ve faced amid the pandemic.

Almost three months after layoffs, NU service workers and students rally for worker pay

June 11, 2020

UNITE HERE Local 1, the union representing subcontracted Compass Group dining and hospitality workers, hosted a rally Wednesday in Centennial Park to support the 320 subcontracted workers laid off in mid-March...

Northwestern’s Sodexo and Aramark employees march Friday to present a petition asking the companies to help with the transition to Compass Group North America. The demonstrators raised concerns about possible drug tests, background checks and participation in the E-verify program.

Roughly 70 workers march amid concerns about food provider change

April 22, 2018

Roughly 70 of Northwestern’s food workers marched Friday to present their current employers a petition asking for support during the transition process to a new company. The group raised concerns...

Northwestern Dining cook Melvin Davis addresses students and food service employees about the goals of their demonstration. Davis and other food service employees met with Erich Geiger, district manager for NU Dining, about improving work conditions.

NU Dining workers, students march for fair wages, better working conditions

January 24, 2016

Students joined a march down Sheridan Road on Friday to demand better treatment for Northwestern food service workers. The rally, organized by the food service workers and attended by more than 80 people,...

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