by Justin | Dec 12, 2021 | Administration Caucus, Direct Elections, One Member One Vote, Referendum Vote, Workers World
The rank-and-file caucus United All Workers for Democracy built a broad, grassroots campaign to promote voter turnout for direct elections. A team of volunteers helped with phone banking, text banking, leafletting, social media outreach and generating media publicity....
by Justin | Dec 11, 2021 | Columbia University, Student Workers of Columbia
On Thursday, Columbia Provost Mary Bryce issued a statement denouncing Wednesday’s action. She claimed that the picketers had subjected individuals trying to enter the campus to physical harassment and had caused several injuries. She provided no corroborating...
by Justin | Dec 11, 2021 | Accident Fund, Blue Cross Blue Shield, UAW Local 2256
At least two dozen unvaccinated employees at the Lansing offices of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the Accident Fund were put on unpaid leave this week for failing to follow through with a company mandate to get their COVID-19 shots by Wednesday.“We’ve had...
by Justin | Dec 11, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Peoples Dispatch, Student Workers of Columbia
The graduate workers union, a local of the United Auto Workers, has filed two unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board. If the Board rules in their favor, it would classify the strike as an unfair labor practice strike and make the...
by Justin | Dec 10, 2021 | Student Researchers, University of California
Laura Beebe, a scientist based at the University of California, San Diego, is celebrating news that she’s among more than 17,000 higher education workers on the west coast who now officially are represented in contract negotiations by the UAW. It wasn’t...
