A year ago, Harvard University’s dining hall workers organized, went on strike, and got a raise. This week, inspired by the Harvard workers, Northeastern University’s dining hall workers averted a strike and got a similar contract:
The agreement includes wage increases that will bring full-time workers to $35,000 annually by 2019, and an increase in the number of full-time schedules for dining hall workers. The five-year contract includes health care plans where the employer, Chartwells, will pay 97 percent of costs, according to Unite Here Local 26 members.
The contract also “provides enhanced protections for immigrant workers, strengthened non-discrimination language including the addition of gender identity and expression, and additional sick days,” according to Unite Here Local 26.
Presumably other universities in the Boston area are sitting up and taking notice here—and they should.
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