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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


One of the union’s primary concerns is to guarantee job security to all the workers at the Kellogg School of Management’s James Allen Center.

Hundreds of NU dining service workers picket for improved contract with Compass Group

November 2, 2024

Hundreds of Northwestern dining and service workers picketed by The Arch on Friday calling for a fair improved contract with the University’s food service provider Compass Group. The previous nearly...

LTE: Students reject Compass mistreatment of Allen Center workers

LTE: Students reject Compass mistreatment of Allen Center workers

October 9, 2024

On Thanksgiving Day, over 100 campus workers will be left stranded as reconstruction of the James Allen Center begins. With limited job security protections, workers at the Allen Center will either be...

There are currently over 100 workers employed at the center who may be displaced when construction begins.

NU dining workers’ union petition for job security for Allen Center employees

October 8, 2024

A petition released by UNITE HERE Local 1, the union representing service workers at Northwestern, gained traction this week in support of employees who will lose their jobs at the Kellogg School of Management’s...

Negotiations between UNITE HERE Local 1 and Compass Group have been ongoing since the workers’ previous near three-year contract expired at the end of August.

NU dining workers demand new contract benefits as negotiations begin

September 24, 2024

Crowds of NU’s dining workers rallied at The Arch Tuesday to demand new contract benefits as the union begins negotiations with Compass Group, the University’s food service provider. Huddled under...

Dozens of students and campus workers arrived at the Multicultural Center in celebration of May Day.

Students Organizing for Labor Rights celebrates May Day amid ongoing contract negotiations between service workers, Compass Group

May 12, 2024

On May 1, 1886, thousands of workers across the U.S. organized a strike to demand an 8-hour work day.  Three years later, a federation of labor unions and socialist parties designated May 1 as a day...

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