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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


A dining worker serving food in Allison Hall.

With new Home Plate Series, Northwestern Dining workers celebrate cultural initiatives

May 17, 2022

Johnnie Harris, a dining worker of 19 years who cooks for the Foster-Walker Complex dining hall, said chefs have no control over the food served in dining halls or how it is prepared, as Northwestern and...

A dining worker serves food.

Northwestern grapples with high number of open jobs among labor shortages

April 19, 2022

Despite a strong job market and a low unemployment rate, Northwestern is among the many employers across the country that have faced a unique problem since 2021: they can’t find enough workers.  At...

In Focus: As workers across the country tackle pandemic-related obstacles, Northwestern’s labor force continues to clash with the University over unionization efforts

In Focus: As workers across the country tackle pandemic-related obstacles, Northwestern’s labor force continues to clash with the University over unionization efforts

February 25, 2022

About 50 people marched from The Rock to the Provost’s Office on Oct. 12, 2021 as Northwestern’s library workers prepared to deliver a list of demands to administrators. Community members, including...

Allison dining hall worker swipes in a student. Purple OZZIs line the background.

Northwestern Dining launches more sustainable to-go container program

January 26, 2022

Northwestern Dining will distribute new green OZZI to-go containers starting Jan. 31.  The decision was made after students failed to return more than 12,000 purple OZZI containers in fall 2021, according...

A cloth mask, a surgical mask and an N95 mask in front of a purple background.

Students petition for Compass workers to have access to N95 masks

January 18, 2022

Students started a petition Monday urging Northwestern grant Compass Group workers access to asymptomatic testing sites, take-home rapid test boxes and N95 and KN95 masks. As of Tuesday night, more...

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