students

  • California Unions Compromise on Millionaires Tax
    Mischa Gaus
    Mar 15 2012 - 11:11am

    A California teachers union struck a deal with Governor Jerry Brown that would combine a millionaires tax with a sales tax boost. Union activists split on the move, saying it contains key flaws, but shows how the debate on taxes has shifted.

  • Strike Wave in China Puts Heat On Official Union
    Jane Slaughter
    Dec 2 2011 - 12:22pm

    China faced its second wave of strikes in two years, as thousands of workers in industrial southern provinces—manufacturers for the world—walked out this fall. The strikes put heat on the country’s official union.

  • Hershey Still Silent after Student Guestworkers Strike
    Stephanie Luce
    Sep 20 2011 - 3:05pm

    Three hundred student-workers from overseas went on strike last month at a Hershey plant in Pennsylvania. Some have returned to work, while others have hooked up with the National Guestworker Alliance to publicize exploitation of student-workers.

  • VIDEO: Student Occupations at Five Campuses

    When it comes to budget cuts and policies that hurt students and campus workers, student activists are refusing to sit down…unless it’s in their president’s office. This week and last, students at five universities staged sit-ins for student and worker rights, and this seems to be only the beginning.

  • Student Occupation, Teacher Firings Roil Puerto Rico

    As the world watched the jubilant crowds in Tahrir Square, few were aware that another hard-won victory for justice and democracy was in the making in Puerto Rico, half a world away. Students occupying their campus since December to protest a "special fee" forced the resignation of the university president and the withdrawal of police.

  • Puerto Rican Students’ Shutdown of Universities Nears Fifth Week

    As the sun rose on April 21, hundreds of students approached the main gate to the University of Puerto Rico’s historic Río Piedras campus and chained it shut. Thus began an occupation that has now spread to all 11 campuses of the UPR system and has become the longest-lasting strike action of any kind in this U.S. island colony in years.

  • Berkeley Students and Workers Stay Hungry Together

    As the sun dipped behind California Hall on UC Berkeley's campus last night, a team of hunger strikers, both students and campus workers, emerged with agreements from a recalcitrant administration to evaluate several of their demands. The hugs, shaking hands, smiles, and bread-breaking made it clear that the struggle produced far more than pieces of paper, though.

  • 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.

  • Student Labor Week of Action Hits the Streets

    Matt Abbott, Sameerah Ahmad, and Laura McSpedon

    The "Resistance and Recovery" week of action burst with 250 events in early April. As the corporate attack on workers intensifies with the economic crisis, Jobs with Justice and Student Labor Action Project activists took the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination as occasion to push back.


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  • New Organizer Recruits Recognize Flaws in Staff-Centered Organizing Model

    Daisy Rooks

    Jeff Lacher makes some compelling arguments in his "Members as Organizers Build Stronger Unions." But Lacher relies on a false dichotomy between member involvement and paid organizing staff. We could spend hours debating the correct percentage of organizing that should be done by members versus paid staff, but that is not the real issue.


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