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@WAPOEXPRESS/INSTAGRAM | The final issue of the Express was published Sept. 12, resulting in layoffs but also an outpouring of support from readers.

Washington Post Ceases Production of Express Paper

By Connor Thomas September 20, 2019

Twenty staffers were abruptly laid off from The Washington Post’s free commuter paper Express when the tabloid permanently ceased production Sept. 12.  The paper laid off the Express staffers with...

VIEWPOINT: Cut the Bull at the Tavern

By Gabriel Berger and Jessica Richards September 19, 2018

Over the summer, while some of us took classes, worked jobs and internships, or relaxed at home, many people who work at Georgetown University wondered whether they would have a job to return to in the...

VIEWPOINT: Graduate Students Deserve a Seat at the Table

By Chad Frazier and Kathryn Sánchez November 29, 2017

At a time when national publications like The Atlantic speak of a “Republican war on college," it is imperative that graduate workers have a say in their wages, hours and working conditions. Over...

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Student Health Advisory Board to Launch Next Semester

By Georgia Payne November 10, 2017

A student health advisory board is set to launch next semester as a platform for students to voice health concerns on campus. Administrators originally planned to establish the board this semester,...

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The Georgetown Solidarity Committee rallied in 2015 to support Aramark employees during contract negotiations with Aramark management.

GSC Demands Workers’ Rights

By Adam Shlomi October 7, 2016

As the union representing facilities workers continues contract negotiations with the university, student advocacy group Georgetown Solidarity Committee has accumulated more than 400 signatures from...

EDITORIAL: Athletes Deserve Recompense

By Editorial Board September 20, 2016

The NCAA is back in the spotlight for recently announced plans to relocate seven championship events from the state of North Carolina throughout the 2016-17 academic year due to a discriminatory law against...

Leo’s Workers Object to Pay Discrepancy

By Elaina Koros December 4, 2012

Several employees in O’Donovan Hall allege that they have not been paid what they were promised for completing special projects. Jeff Day, who has worked in Leo’s for almost five years,said...

Workers Speak Out Against Leo’s Changes

By Sarah Patrick and Sarah Kaplan September 18, 2012

In the wake of a two-year-long unionization effort and a series of broad dining changes this summer, workers atO’Donovan Hall are dissatisfied with their relationship to their employer, ARAMARK Higher...

Unionization Brings Better Contract

By Mariah Byrne April 27, 2012

Contract negotiations between the Georgetown University Dining Services employees’ union and its employer, Aramark Higher Education, had been left hanging for over a month when workers decided to demonstrate...

Uniting Georgetown Behind Leo’s Workers

By The Editorial Board February 25, 2011

Georgetown has had a long history of activism, with many students vocally supporting social justice and equal rights. This remarkable commitment was on show again last week as students joined in solidarity...

Redeal Card Check Legislation

By Sam Harbourt February 18, 2010

In the days when I was a registered Independent, I used to say that the Christian right scared me away from the Republicans, and the Democrats' powerful union allies made me queasy. As I'm now fully aware,...

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