Unions Tag

AFT’s Randi Weingarten Shut Down on Twitter, CNN After Falsely Claiming She Fought to Reopen Schools

Posted by Stacey Matthews on April 30, 2023 29 Comments

“There are numerous statements you made over the summer of ’20 scaring people to death about the possibility of opening schools, and I hear no remorse whatsoever about the generational damage that’s been done to these kids.”...

Strike at Rutgers University Ends After a Deal is Reached

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 16, 2023 1 Comment

"The new deal will increase salaries for full-time faculty and New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund counselors by at least 14% by the summer of 2025"...

Thousands of Rutgers University Workers Launch Strike Over Job Security and Pay

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 11, 2023 29 Comments

"The administration doesn’t understand that we are determined to fight together for equal pay for equal work, a living wage for all, real job security, race and gender equity, and a fair salary increase"...

Temple University Grad Students End Strike After Getting a 30% Pay Raise

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2023 3 Comments

"new agreement increases the minimum graduate student pay to $27,000 per year for part-time work, a 30% increase over the four-year contract, on top of tuition remittance"...

Michigan Right-to-Work Groups Starting the Fight to Protect the Law Passed in 2012

Posted by Legal Insurrection Staff on March 09, 2023 8 Comments

The ballot measure would protect the right-to-work policy by adding it to the state constitution....

Princeton Raising ‘Grad Student Stipends’ in Hopes to Stop Unionization

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 02, 2023 12 Comments

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Striking Temple U. Grad Students Can’t Believe School Revoked Their Free Tuition

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 13, 2023 14 Comments

"held a press conference Thursday to express dismay and anger at the school’s cancellation of their free tuition and health benefits"...

Baltimore: 23 Schools Have Zero Students Who Can Do Math at Grade Level

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 12, 2023 78 Comments

“My immediate reaction is, take your kids out of these schools”...

University of California Considering Cuts to Grad Student Enrollment Just Weeks After Strike

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 31, 2023 24 Comments

"Just weeks after the University of California and academic workers heralded historic wage gains in new labor contracts, the question of how to pay for them is roiling campuses"...

United Campus Workers of Arizona Petition to Get Paid $25 per Hour

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 16, 2023 3 Comments

"UCWAZ believes that all campus workers in Arizona, whether university employees or contracted laborers, must be paid a thriving wage, not a poverty wage"...