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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


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...

The Graduate School Commons is located inside the building at 2122 Sheridan Rd. In September, graduate students gathered in the commons for a town hall meeting where they were invited to ask administrators questions about the National Labor Relations Board’s ruling on graduate students at private universities.

Two unions push to organize graduate students at Northwestern amid looming political shift in Washington

December 9, 2016

The election of Donald Trump has added a new sense of urgency to graduate student unionization efforts at Northwestern. Last week, members of the group Northwestern University Graduate Workers voted...

Two unions debate in hopes of representing Northwestern graduate students

October 19, 2016

More than 100 people attended a debate hosted by the Northwestern Graduate Workers on Thursday between two unions — the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of Teachers —...

Northwestern graduate students begin to seek union representation after NLRB decision

September 28, 2016

Some graduate students at Northwestern have begun to organize in favor of unionization in the past month, holding what one called a “flurry of meetings” following the National Labor Relations Board’s...

NLRB will hold hearing on contested ballots in non-tenure eligible faculty union vote at Northwestern

August 18, 2016

The National Labor Relations Board will hold a hearing Tuesday to determine the validity of 71 ballots cast in the vote to form a non-tenure eligible faculty union at Northwestern. With the current...

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