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Aramark, Employees Reach Contract Agreement

By Toby Hung April 21, 2015

Aramark workers on Georgetown’s campus negotiated a mutually satisfactory contract with Aramark management last Tuesday, implementing a fair process for worker unionization and improved work and...

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After allegations of mismanagement on the part of Aramark, workers say that a deal on contract negotiations is imminent.

Aramark Deal Expected Tuesday

By Toby Hung April 10, 2015

Workers at O’Donovan Hall, Hoya Court and the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center said that they have made progress in their contract renegotiations with Aramark, after their current...

GSC Claims Aramark Intrusion

By Toby Hung March 6, 2015

Thirty students from the Georgetown Solidarity Committee participated in a rally at the Georgetown University Hotel and Convention Center on Thursday, in light of recent allegations that members of...

CARR: Increase Opportunity, Not Wages

By Mallory Carr February 26, 2015

No one should be treated better than the people that feed us. As much as Georgetown students love to complain about Leo’s, as freshmen and sophomores we bond over shared meals at our beloved O’Donovan’s...

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Students marched from Sellinger Lounge to Hoya Court in solidarity with Aramark workers seeking better conditions.

Aramark Workers Rally for Better Conditions

By Toby Hung February 20, 2015

Approximately 30 Aramark workers and 100 students marched from Sellinger Lounge to Aramark’s management office in Hoya Court on Wednesday to deliver two petitions seeking better work and wage conditions...

Stand Against Aramark

By The Editorial Board February 20, 2015

Feb. 18 marked a landmark change in Georgetown’s involvement with Aramark, the corporation behind Leo’s, Hoya Court and most other food locations on campus, with employees and students rallying together...

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Georgetown Dining will deliver Elevation Burger “Jack Packs” to student dorms on weekends. The packs will feature four burgers, four drinks and four fries for $29.99.

Aramark to Provide Burger Delivery Service to Dorms

By Gaia Mattiace February 3, 2015

Georgetown Dining began a pilot program Saturday which allows students to order Elevation Burger dorm delivery on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The order, which is dubbed “Jack Pack,”...

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Aramark workers, including Leo’s employees, are pursuing more workers’ rights in a new contract. The current one expires in March.

Petition Seeks Aramark Renegotiation

By Katherine Richardson January 30, 2015

Aramark workers on campus are engaged in efforts to renegotiate their contract with the company, demanding better work and wage conditions, since their current three-year contract expires in March. A...

QUALLEN: Worker’s Rally Lives On

By Matthew Quallen January 30, 2015

On March 15, 2005, 25 Georgetown students began a hunger strike. They refused to eat until the university committed to a just employment policy, at the core of which lay the guarantee of a living wage. Their...

Lobbying for Leo’s Workers

By The Editorial Board January 27, 2015

While some students may overlook the hustle and bustle that commonly occurs at O’Donovan Hall, it is important that members of the Georgetown community show solidarity with the workers of Leo’s in...

Aramark Considers Permanent Meal Swipe Program

Aramark Considers Permanent Meal Swipe Program

By Toby Hung January 13, 2015

Following December’s trial run of the meal exchange program at Hoya Court, Aramark is evaluating the business implications of implementing a full-scale program in the future. After months of planning...

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These upper-level tables will be replaced with farmhouse tables.

Leo’s to Replace Upper-Level Tables by Spring

By Matthew Larson November 11, 2014

Aramark will replace existing seating on the upper level of O’Donovan Hall with farmhouse-style tables and chairs by the start of the spring semester, allowing for an additional 70 chairs on the top...

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