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Human Services Committee advances worker-retention ordinance to council
Summary
The Evanston Human Services Committee voted Feb. 5 to send Ordinance 21‑O‑25 to the City Council. The ordinance would require successor contractors at large institutions to retain existing food‑service and hospitality workers for a 90‑day transition period and match their wages and benefits during that period.
The Evanston Human Services Committee on Feb. 5 voted to move Ordinance 21‑O‑25 — the proposed worker‑retention ordinance — forward to the full City Council for consideration.
Committee members advanced the measure after public testimony from Northwestern University food‑service workers and from union representatives who said the policy would protect employees when campus contractors change.
Supporters described the ordinance as a job‑security measure for subcontracted workers at large institutions. “The worker retention ordinance will make sure we continue serving the Northwestern community no matter who the contractor is,” said Veronica Reyes, an Evanston resident and Northwestern food‑service worker. Dan Abraham, organizing director with Unite Here Local 1, told the…
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