UGSDW begins campaign for $15 an hour in dining in response to understaffing

By Ellianna Cierpiot and Libby Eggert cierpiot@grinnell.edu and eggertli@grinnell.edu The Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers (UGSDW) publicly announced its campaign for a $15 an hour minimum wage for Dining Hall student workers in a press release on Monday, Nov. 8.   The union decided to pursue this wage increase at a meeting on the preceding Saturday which was attended by over 40 student workers, according to the press release. The campaign is the result of student worker concerns with “record-low employment in the Dining Hall,” […]