Student-Labor Alliance Aims to Lift Standards at Vanderbilt

by E Wayne Ross on April 8, 2012

Labor Notes: Student-Labor Alliance Aims to Lift Standards at Vanderbilt

Nashville’s Vanderbilt University hosted a conference in late March of the National Association of College & University Food Services. The association promises “revolutionary thinking” for university dining departments.

But outside the confab, 50 Vanderbilt workers, students, faculty, alumni, and faith leaders hosted their own event. They showcased the poverty that persists among Vanderbilt dining hall workers, who make only $16,500 per year on average.