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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Petition Calls On University To Suspend Mandatory On-Campus Redeployment for Georgetown Staffers

Petition Calls On University To Suspend Mandatory On-Campus Redeployment for Georgetown Staffers

By Laetitia Haddad January 28, 2021

Georgetown University community members are calling for the university to suspend on-campus worker redeployment, citing safety and financial concerns for staff. The Redeploy Georgetown program was...

ALISON HERR/THE HOYA | Student activists from the Georgetown Solidarity Committee hung a banner in ODonovan Hall on April 10 in support of campus food service workers negotiating their labor contract with Aramark.

Leo’s Workers Plan Protest as Contract Talks Remain Unresolved

By Nate Kral April 11, 2019

  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’...

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| Employees of Georgetowns central heating and cooling plant met with university administrators March 19.

University Considers Private Partnership for Energy Services

By Meena Morar March 29, 2019

Georgetown University administrators are exploring private partnerships to handle the university’s energy management, a process leading to concerns from workers in the utilities and energy program about...

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At least three Georgetown University book store employees were not rehired when Barnes & Noble College took over operations from Follett in June.

Bookstore Employees Lose Jobs in Vendor Transition

By Andrew Wallender July 26, 2016

At least three Georgetown University Bookstore employees, including an employee who has worked at the bookstore for more than 30 years, lost their jobs when the bookstore switched vendors from Follett...

COURTESY GEORGETOWN SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE
Student workers and members of the Georgetown community joined a rally organized by GSC to show solidarity with workers who were mistreated during Winter Storm Jonas.

Students, Workers Deliver Demands at Rally

By Cecia Soza March 22, 2016

Students, campus workers and community members came together in a demonstration to express solidarity with mistreated university workers in Red Square on Friday. The rally, which was led by the Georgetown...

Prioritize Workers’ Rights

Prioritize Workers’ Rights

Georgetown is currently celebrating the 10-year anniversary of our Just Employment Policy, but at the same time, we must acknowledge the areas in which we continue to fail our campus workers. A group of...

Just Employment Policy Celebrates 10 Years

By Paul Tsavoussis November 10, 2015

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the university’s implementation of the Just Employment Policy, a comprehensive agreement that ensures fair and competitive compensation packages for full-time...

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