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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


Doctoral student Zach Angulo, representing Northwestern Graduate Workers, speaks at the rally. He said efforts to organize in higher education “hold a special place in our heart.”

Student groups rally at The Rock to support non-tenure eligible faculty union

November 1, 2017

About 50 people gathered at The Rock on Tuesday to rally for non-tenure eligible faculty, calling on the University to bargain with their union and raise wages. Representatives from several student...

University refuses to bargain with non-tenured faculty union due to contested ballots

University refuses to bargain with non-tenured faculty union due to contested ballots

July 28, 2017

Northwestern will not bargain with the Service Employees International Union, a workers union which non-tenured University faculty recently voted to join, because of contested ballots that were not counted...

Non-tenure track faculty at Northwestern join Service Employees International Union following election

May 30, 2017

Part-time and full-time non-tenure track faculty at Northwestern have joined the Service Employees International Union, nearly one year after faculty members filed for a union election, according to a...

In Focus: Northwestern’s graduate student unionization effort diverges despite common cause

In Focus: Northwestern’s graduate student unionization effort diverges despite common cause

March 3, 2017

As a graduate student instructor, LaCharles Ward always considered himself a Northwestern employee. The fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the School of Communication grew up on the West Side of Chicago,...

Northwestern players lift a teammate on their shoulders in 2016. The National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel said in a memo that college football players at private universities can seek certain employee benefits.

NLRB lawyer circulates memo asserting that football players at private universities are employees

February 2, 2017

The National Labor Relations Board general counsel made public Tuesday an advice memorandum expressing his position that college football players at private universities can legally seek compensation and...

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