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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


Members of the NU community participate in a die-in protest on Sheridan Road, by Deering Meadow.

Workers, students stage die-in protest supporting COVID-19 health and safety demands

September 30, 2020

Northwestern dining and hospitality workers and student allies hosted a die-in Wednesday afternoon to call attention to recent demands for COVID-19 health and safety protections. Participants lay on...

A group of workers and students gathered in front of the Rebecca Crown Center, 633 Clark St.

Workers and student allies deliver petition to Northwestern administrators calling for commitment to dining worker health and safety protections

September 16, 2020

Subcontracted workers and their student allies delivered a petition to Northwestern administrators Wednesday afternoon asking for commitment to dining worker health and safety protections amid the pandemic.   The...

 Elder dining hall. Elder is one of the on-campus dining halls that will be closed for the fall due to the University’s decision to de-densify campus.

SOLR demands Northwestern and Compass Group support service workers laid off during the pandemic

September 10, 2020

In a Thursday petition, Students Organizing for Labor Rights at Northwestern demanded the University and Compass Group redress their treatment of laid off service workers during the pandemic. Compass,...

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.

Compass Group lays off 230 NU dining workers

July 20, 2020

Northwestern’s food service provider Compass Group has laid off about 230 NU dining employees who have been on temporary layoff since March. All laid-off employees will retain their health benefits...

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