Pumpkins, flowers and food filled tables on Norris University Center’s East Lawn on Thursday as students enjoyed the sunshine and festivities at Northwestern Dining’s Fall Festi-Ful. Norris staple Viet Nom Nom, Jewish comfort food company Schmaltz and Vinegar and other vendors offered free samples to attendees. Participants also had the opportunity to paint pumpkins and.
Johnnie Harris, a dining worker of 19 years who cooks for the Foster-Walker Complex dining hall, said chefs have no control over the food served in dining halls or how it is prepared, as Northwestern and Compass Group, the University’s food supplier, are responsible for dining hall menu selection. “(Cooks) have a recipe that we.
Northwestern Dining will distribute new green OZZI to-go containers starting Jan. 31. The decision was made after students failed to return more than 12,000 purple OZZI containers in fall 2021, according to Krista Brown, sustainability and community engagement manager for Northwestern Dining, in a news release. “(The OZZIs) likely ended up in the landfill, where.
Students started a petition Monday urging Northwestern grant Compass Group workers access to asymptomatic testing sites, take-home rapid test boxes and N95 and KN95 masks. As of Tuesday night, more than 70 students signed the petition, which cites concerns like the high number of positive COVID-19 cases on campus during Wildcat Wellness and the prevalence.
Compass Group delayed Friday’s negotiations with dining workers, according to an organizer from the union representing Compass workers, UNITE HERE Local 1. Compass notified workers of the delay Thursday night. The decision comes just over a week after Northwestern dining and services workers voted to authorize a strike from Compass. Compass will soon reschedule the.