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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,...

To visit any dining hall on campus, students have to make reservations, which are spaced out in 15-minute intervals and have a cap of 40 to 50 students each.

Northwestern to close some dining halls this fall, Compass Group to lay off about 100 staff members

September 4, 2020

Northwestern plans to open fewer dining locations this fall because of last week’s decision to bring fewer students on campus than originally anticipated, according to a University spokesperson. The...

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...

Members of the union are asking the University and Compass to fulfill their promises and provide their workers with the economic support to be able to pay their bills.

Northwestern still hasn’t paid subcontracted dining and service workers, students and workers’ union organize in solidarity

April 30, 2020

[Leer el artículo en español] UNITE HERE Local 1 hosted a virtual rally Thursday on Facebook Live asking that the University and Compass Group “step up” and pay subcontracted workers. The sole...

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