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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


Three students paint a large yellow rock with the letters “NUGW.” A gray ledge in front of the rock is painted with “More Pay, More Say.”

NUGW union election takes place after years of grassroots organizing

January 10, 2023

Northwestern University Graduate Workers kicked off its union election Tuesday, the first of two days of voting in Evanston and Chicago. The election, moderated by the National Labor Relations Board,...

Brown: Joining my union was the best decision of my life

Brown: Joining my union was the best decision of my life

January 9, 2023

The most important thing I’ll do in my graduate school career happened during the fall of my first year: I got involved in my university’s student worker union. I first heard about student worker unions...

A group of individuals wearing yellow shirts and holding a sign labeled “NUGW” while marching past a building with gray stone.

NUGW to hold in-person union election Jan. 10 and 11

December 26, 2022

Northwestern University Graduate Workers have finalized an agreement with the University to set its union election for Jan. 10 and 11, the organization announced last Tuesday. The election results will...

People in yellow shirts holding a banner march past a gray building.

Northwestern refuses to voluntarily recognize graduate workers union, NUGW to pursue union election in coming days

November 15, 2022

Northwestern will not voluntarily recognize the NU Graduate Workers union with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America until graduate students conduct a union election, Provost Kathleen...

Protesters in yellow “NUGW” shirts, some carrying signs and banners, march past a stone building with ivy covering.

NU Graduate Workers marches across campus, issues deadline for union recognition

November 11, 2022

Northwestern University Graduate Workers marched across campus and delivered a letter to Provost Kathleen Hagerty on Thursday, calling on the University to voluntarily recognize the union. About 120...

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