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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


The dining workers plan to continue to strike each day from 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. until UNITE HERE Local 1 negotiates a new contract with Compass Group, including increased wages and pension benefits.

SOLR, Chicago labor leaders join striking dining workers to demand new contract

March 14, 2025

On the fifth day of the Compass Group dining workers’ strike, members of Students Organizing for Labor Rights and the Chicago Federation of Labor assembled at The Arch early Friday afternoon to picket...

Veronica Reyes applauds after City Council passed the Workers’ Retention Ordinance on Monday at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center.

Workers’ Retention Ordinance approved after input from NU Dining employees

February 25, 2025

When NU Dining employee Veronica Reyes bought a house in Evanston’s 2nd Ward in 2010, she didn’t anticipate living in constant fear of losing her job should the University change its contractor.  Now,...

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...

A dining hall worker scoops food behind a counter.

Students urge the University to hire additional dining staff

January 9, 2022

Students Organizing for Labor Rights is urging Northwestern to hire more dining workers, citing long lines at dining halls, Norris University Center and Fran’s Cafe as evidence of understaffing.  Dining...

The back of a crowd of people sitting in a room watching a presentation.

Northwestern dining workers vote to authorize strike from Compass Group

September 23, 2021

Northwestern dining and services workers voted Wednesday to authorize a strike from Compass Group, the University’s food service provider.  Out of about 200 workers, 95% voted in favor of the strike...

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