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Columbia University Grad Students and Student Workers Go on Strike
Thousands of Columbia University graduate students and student workers went on strike Monday – and are continuing to strike – after negotiations with the school proved unsuccessful again, the New York Post reported. Students’ demands include higher wages, improved benefits and a system to better investigate sexual harassment and discrimination allegations. According to the Graduate […]
March 16, 2021
COVID-19
Columbia University Students Withhold Tuition Payments, Demand Cost Reduction
More than 1,000 Columbia University students are not yet paying this semester’s tuition, demanding that the school reduce its cost amid financial difficulties and remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NBC News reported. The tuition strike began last Friday as semester payments were due. Those striking – undergraduate and graduate students – are calling for at least a […]
January 28, 2021
News Roundup
Youngstown State University Faculty Strike Over Contract Dispute
Faculty members at Youngstown State University have gone on strike to potentially reach a new three-year contract with the school reported cleveland.com The three-year deal did not offer any pay increases in the first year. However, there were increases of 1% in the second year and 2% in the third year, according to university officials. […]
October 12, 2020
COVID-19
U of Utah Residence Advisers Threaten to Strike If They Don’t Receive More COVID-19 Support
Resident advisers (RAs) at the University of Utah say they will go on strike if the school doesn’t supply more sanitation supplies as well as information regarding whether a student in their dorm tests positive for COVID-19, reports The Salt Lake Tribune. Their safety concerns intensified this past weekend after the RAs finished moving hundreds […]
August 26, 2020
News Roundup
Harvard Makes First-Ever Deal With Graduate Students Union
After nearly two years of negotiation, Harvard University reached a tentative agreement on its first-ever deal with the Harvard Graduate Students Union, a group that represents roughly 4,400 students who teach, research and work at the university, reported The Boston Globe. The one-year contract — hailed as a “major victory” by the union — offers […]
June 16, 2020
COVID-19
U of Chicago Students Begin Strike, Call For Halved Tuition During Pandemic
University of Chicago students began a tuition strike Tuesday, demanding the school halve the cost of tuition and waive fees during the COVID-19 pandemic, reported the Hyde Park Herald. As of April 29, which was the spring quarter payment deadline, roughly 200 people, including undergraduates and graduate students, were withholding tuition from the school. Additionally, […]
May 1, 2020
Students
22 U.S. Representatives Write Letter Supporting Harvard’s Graduate Worker Strike
Twenty-two Harvard graduates currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter on Dec. 20 in support of the university’s graduate student employees who began striking for health insurance, a higher minimum wage and better protections against discrimination on Dec. 3. In the letter, the alumni emphasize a worker’s rights to unionize and […]
December 29, 2019
Students
Group of UCSC Graduate Student Workers On Strike
A group of graduate student workers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) are on strike and withholding students’ semester grades until given a 70% pay increase, which would equal an additional $1,412 a month. According to the students, the raise would account for the higher cost of living in Santa Cruz, which they […]
December 12, 2019
News Roundup
Adjunct New Jersey Faculty Receive Wage Increase, Full-Time Professors Still in Negotiations
Following a string of statewide rallies last week , around 5,000 unionized adjunct faculty members from nine New Jersey public colleges will receive wage increases, according to NorthJersey.com. The new four-year contract would give adjunct faculty a $230 raise per credit. The rate would total $1,705 per credit for faculty working at an institution for […]
November 26, 2019
Health
University of Chicago Medical Center Nurses Plan Second Strike
About 2,200 University of Chicago Medical Center nurses are planning a second strike on Nov. 26 because of concerns about staffing levels, The Chicago Tribune reported. The first one-day strike, also the first strike in the hospital’s history, took place in September, followed by a four-day lockout with replacement nurses and cutbacks to services. The […]
November 15, 2019
News Roundup
Oregon University Employees Plan Strike, Demand Wage Increase
Over 95 percent of higher education workers at Oregon’s seven public universities voted to authorize a strike due to wage gap disparities, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 503 reported. Negotiations with management have occurred since February with workers arguing that their wages do not support their cost of living or family expenses. The employees […]
September 19, 2019
Campus Climate
Harvard Reaches Tentative Deal with Striking Dining Workers
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Harvard University says it has reached a tentative labor agreement with its striking cafeteria workers. The school announced Tuesday that it agreed to a five-year contract with the labor union representing Harvard’s 750 dining workers. University officials declined to provide details about the deal, which must be approved by members of the […]
October 25, 2016
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