Campus Workers

  • Bus Drivers Win First Contract After Strike and Lockout at University of Alabama
    By Jake DaSilva
    Mar 9 2010 - 6:40pm

    Bus drivers at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa won a first contract after they were locked out last week following a one-day strike. The deal secures a $1.50 an hour raise and employment security, key sticking points that led to the strike. The drivers endured nine months of bargaining where their employer—a contractor—demanded at-will employment and frozen wages.

  • Multi-Union Coalition at UC Strikes Back at Devastating Cuts
    Jack Gerson, Tanya Smith
    Sep 24 2009 - 1:33pm

    A coalition of unions, faculty, and students gave a sharp rebuke to cuts and corporate giveaways at the renowned University of California system on September 24—the first day back for most UC campuses.

  • U-Mass unions demand funded contracts, plan walkouts

    Bryan Pfeifer

    "Fund the contracts or we won't work."

    This militant message from over 200 rank-and-file members from the campus's five unions rang through the Mullins Center at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst November 6.


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