Emerson College's student newspaper

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College's student newspaper

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College's student newspaper

The Berkeley Beacon

Daniel Suazo (front center), and most of his fellow dining center workers, are not receiving pay or benefits after their hours were eliminated in March.

Dining Services staff fights for full wages and benefits amid COVID-19 pandemic

By Faith Bugenhagen
April 21, 2020

Daniel Suazo depends on the money he earns from his job at the Emerson College Dining Center to support his child and pregnant wife. As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, Bon Appetit has eliminated all...

Boston college students gathered to support striking Marriot hotel workers from UNITE HERE Local 26 on Nov. 1. Belen Dumont / Beacon Staff

Boston students join Marriott workers on strike

By Belen Dumont, News Editor
November 3, 2018

Boston students marched with backpacks and painted cardboard signs down Huntington Avenue on Nov. 1 to join Marriott hotel workers during their fifth week on strike. Student protestors first joined...

Seven simultaneous strikes occurred at Marriott Hotels starting at 6 a.m Wednesday. Anissa Gardizy / Beacon Staff

Emerson alumna supports Boston-wide hotel worker union strike

By Stefania Lugli
October 4, 2018

Alumna Nicki Morris ‘15 helped organize UNITE HERE Local 26 hotel workers on strike in front of Sheraton Boston Wednesday morning. Demonstrators orchestrated seven simultaneous strikes at Marriott...

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