The Georgetown University Coalition for Workers’ Rights (GCWR), a group of Georgetown students and staff that combat labor exploitation, hosted a worker appreciation event to give students an opportunity...
This summer, as filming in Hollywood stalled and release dates were delayed for blockbuster films, the labor movement once again entered the broader national consciousness.
Strikes were so ubiquitous...
In light of union criticisms of Starbucks’ treatment of workers, over 200 students, faculty and staff are calling for Georgetown University and its dining subcontractor Aramark to end its affiliation...
Aramark, the food service and facilities provider contracted by Georgetown University, is guilty of sustaining unpaid prison labor, substandard working conditions and hazardous food quality. Aramark supplies...
The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate unanimously passed a resolution Oct. 3 urging the university to strengthen food safety and sanitation protocols at on-campus dining locations.
The...
Georgetown University community members have raised almost $17,000 for a university dining hall employee facing housing and food insecurity amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Dajourn Anuku (COL ’22)...
Aramark, Georgetown University’s food service provider, initiated management of on-campus dining locations Epicurean and Company and Bulldog Tavern beginning Aug. 23.
The transition comes months...
After months of negotiations, Georgetown University food service workers reached a tentative contract agreement with Aramark, the university’s food service provider, on April 15.
Student activists...
Campus food service workers are preparing to picket and rally outside O’Donovan Hall on April 16 after months of protest and negotiation with campus food service provider Aramark. Workers’...
Workers rights student activists expressed grievances of low wages on behalf of Georgetown food service workers at a Feb 14. open forum about ongoing labor contract negotiations.
Georgetown food service...
UNITE HERE Local 23, the labor union representing Aramark employees, along with two former Aramark employees of Bulldog Tavern filed a lawsuit Aug. 20 against Epicurean and Company for alleged workers’...
To prepare for summer renovations that include the opening of an on-campus Chick-fil-A, several main campus dining locations are slated to close for the summer beginning in April and May.
As part...
