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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

Members of the NU community participate in a die-in protest on Sheridan Road, by Deering Meadow.

Workers, students stage die-in protest supporting COVID-19 health and safety demands

October 1, 2020

Northwestern dining and hospitality workers and student allies hosted a die-in Wednesday afternoon to call attention to recent demands for COVID-19 health and safety protections. Participants lay on...

A group of workers and students gathered in front of the Rebecca Crown Center, 633 Clark St.

Workers and student allies deliver petition to Northwestern administrators calling for commitment to dining worker health and safety protections

September 16, 2020

Subcontracted workers and their student allies delivered a petition to Northwestern administrators Wednesday afternoon asking for commitment to dining worker health and safety protections amid the pandemic.   The...

Northwestern dining workers. The vast majority of dining hall workers laid off at the beginning of the quarter are now being re-hired, per a press release.

Northwestern dining workers denied extension on health insurance, COVID-19 safety protections amid mass layoffs

September 6, 2020

Compass Group, Northwestern’s food service provider, had the opportunity to extend health and safety protections to its dining workers before the start of the academic year but chose not to. This month,...

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...

Miembros del sindicato preguntan a la Universidad y al Compass que cumplan sus promesas y proporcionen sus trabajadores con el soporte económico para poder pagar sus cuentas.

Northwestern no ha pagado los trabajadores de servicio y comedor, unos estudiantes y el sindicato organizan en solidaridad

April 30, 2020

El sindicato UNITE HERE Local 1 organizó una manifestación virtual en Facebook Live el jueves para pedir que la Universidad y Compass Group pagaran a los empleados subcontratados. El único sindicato...

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Noah Carson-Nelson