Progressive ideas are always so popular that they have to be mandatory.
The College Fix reports:
UC San Diego workers file class action lawsuit to fight mandatory union dues
Two UC San Diego workers have filed a class action lawsuit against their union and the University of California, claiming union dues are being stripped...
The school recently fired 54 grad student teaching assistants over this, but they’re still going.
Campus Reform reports:
UCSC cancels classes due...
Graduate students at the University of California Santa Cruz went on strike last year demanding higher pay. In the process, they refused to provide grades for students they were teaching and blocked traffic on campus. Now the school has fired 54 of them.
Oberlin College has been in the throes of turmoil for a decade. Aggressive, and sometimes absurd, social justice warfare hit the school’s image and enrollment long before the Gibson’s Bakery lawsuit and massive verdict.
The latest controversy surrounds cost-cutting in an attempt to narrow a multi-million dollar ‘structural deficit’. While there have...
In a classic case of liberal hypocrisy, the progressive YouTube program “The Young Turks” is in turmoil because management is opposing efforts by employees to unionize.
No surprises here. Bernie is a big hit on progressive college campuses.
The Times of San Diego reports:
University of California’s Largest Union Endorses Bernie Sanders for President
AFSCME 3299 represents 26,000 service and patient care workers at the University of California, and is comprised mostly of women and people of color who are...
The powerful Nevada Culinary Union Local 226 stated that supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) “viciously attacked” the union after it pointed out that his required Medicare for All could kill culinary healthcare.
The school is bringing in federal mediators next week to help resolve the issue.
The Harvard Crimson reports:
Without a Contract, Harvard Graduate Student Union to End Strike Jan. 1
Harvard’s graduate student union will end its strike Dec. 31 and return to work in the new year without a contract, the union’s bargaining...
All the brilliant minds at Harvard can’t settle a student strike without a federal mediator? Really?
The Boston Globe reports:
Harvard calls for federal mediator in...
This was always the goal of introducing unions into higher education.
WBUR reports:
Harvard Grad Students Are Set To Strike Tuesday. Here’s Why
Harvard University and more than 4,000 graduate student workers failed to reach agreement on a labor contract during negotiations Monday, setting the stage for an indefinite strike to begin Tuesday at...
Unfunded liabilities such as pensions for public retirees can become a strain on any city or state. In California, we are seeing a situation which should serve as a warning. Taxpayers are on the hook for massive amounts.
They’re demanding more money and better benefits. Here’s hoping Harvard enjoys lying in the bed they made.
WBUR reports:
Harvard Graduate Students Union Votes To Authorize Strike Against University
Graduate students at Harvard University have voted to authorize a strike, but no date has been set for any walkout.
The Harvard Graduate Students Union represents...
2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) continues to showcase her love for big government and socialist ideas. Now she has an idea she considers “the most progressive and comprehensive agenda for workers since the New Deal.”
Warren released her latest plan to bolster unions, which would eliminate right-to-work laws in...
A leading UK trade union boss warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson of “citizen’s arrest” for suspending the parliament ahead of the October 31 Brexit deadline.
Len McCluskey, head of the Labour party’s largest affiliated trade union UNITE, made the comments after a Scottish court ruled the recess decision “unlawful.”
This is one of the reasons why many people look forward to the collapse of our entire system of higher education.
The Salem Reporter has the story:
Thousands of university workers in Oregon prepare for strike
As thousands of public university workers in Oregon prepare to strike at the end of the month, the...
Bernie Sanders is having a rough month. Last week it was revealed that he was cutting staff hours in order to provide the $15 dollars an hour he is demanding from American employers.
Now someone has lodged an anonymous complaint against the campaign, alleging retaliation for union activities.
Elizabeth Warren has been getting a lot of good press lately as she rolls out a series of dramatic proposals to fundamentally change the society she views as rigged.
These proposals, far grander...
