by Justin | Apr 11, 2021 | Oberlin College, UAW Local 2192
Oberlin’s dining hall workers signed a four-year union contract with AVI Foodsystems through the United Auto Workers in February. Negotiations between the dining workers and AVI started in September and ended in October, followed by a ratification vote in November....
by Justin | Sep 19, 2020 | Oberlin College, UAW Local 2192
The 1833 Just Transition Fund has raised almost $150,000 in pledges to support the United Auto Workers union members who lost their jobs last spring when the College outsourced 108 custodial and dining services workers. The fund will mostly be distributed to about 44...
by Justin | Sep 12, 2020 | Oberlin College
After negotiating the post-employment terms for outsourcing 108 dining and custodial employees, the College and the United Auto Workers union have settled on a transition agreement that includes three months severance pay and one year of health insurance....
by Justin | Aug 18, 2020 | Oberlin College, UAW Local 2192
Horn blasts ricocheted off Oberlin College buildings Saturday afternoon as a parade of vehicles circled Tappan Square, saying goodbye to workers who have lost their jobs.Dozens — including professors and support staff — marched in the streets to show support for...
by Justin | Aug 1, 2020 | Oberlin College, Support the Struggle
Now that the Oberlin administration has brought in low-wage food service and custodial contractors, these workers are certain to face enormous cuts in health insurance coverage in the middle of a raging pandemic! To prevent this pending humanitarian disaster we are...
by Justin | Jul 30, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Oberlin College
In a book that I assign in one of my labor classes, Thomas Geoghagen, a Chicago-based labor lawyer, argues that trade unions and collective bargaining are more alien to most Americans than Abbie Hoffman and the Yippies. Unions operate by seemingly arcane rules, are...
