Bon Appétit employees who work at Hillel’s Falk Dining Commons are now officially represented by the Teamsters Local 929.
Rabia Abdul, a cashier and baker at Penn Hillel’s Falk Dining Commons, is one of the most involved workers in the Justice on the Menu campaign demanding better wages and working conditions for Bon Appétit employees at Penn.
Workers at Penn Hillel’s Falk Dining Commons might obtain official union recognition by the end of the semester.
After three weeks of public campaigning, the workers behind the Justice on the Menu campaign are making a decisive push towards unionizing. Today the Teamsters Union announced that 15 full-time employees at Hillel’s Falk Dining Commons will be voting on possible representation.
The effort to push for better wages and benefits for non-unionized dining hall workers at Penn became public Monday morning. But those who help prepare students’ food were already complaining discreetly about inequities in their working conditions.
On Monday morning, dining hall workers and Student Labor Action Project members delivered a concerted activity letter to the Penn Business Services office to notify Penn of the employees’ organizing efforts.
Yesterday, two former Adidas workers called on students to pressure the University to end its contract with the company.
Penn is involved in litigation with dozens of former students over the repayment of tuition and loans
1981 Law School graduate Francine Griesing filed a class action suit this month against her former employer Greenberg Traurig, LLP on the basis of gender discrimination
Democrat John Hanger officially entered the 2014 gubernatorial race on Wednesday. Hanger served as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection from 2008 to 2011 under former governor and 1965 College graduate Ed Rendell.
The Medical Emergency Response Team practiced a mass casualty drill Sunday afternoon at the South Bank at 34th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue.
Reporter Lalita Clozel was at the Democratic watch party as networks declared Barack Obama won the 2012 election.
Fagin Simulation Labs allow nurses to practice their skills on fellow students and dummies. Read the full story here.
Jesse Jackson spoke at Malcom X Park at a get-out-the-vote event.
With TBowl closed, The Daily Pennsylvanian asked students if they missed the eatery, and what they think is missing from the dining scene. Read more about the closing here.
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