Op-Ed: Coronavirus is unleashing righteous worker anger and a new wave of unionism

by Justin | Jul 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Organizing, Social Issues

Some labor historians say this new militancy resembles the 1930s, when a huge strike wave helped lead to landmark pro-labor legislation and one of the biggest bursts of unionization in American history. Now many workers are hoping — and many employers are dreading —...

UNIONS TO CITY: KEEP THE COURTS CLOSED

by Justin | Jul 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Social Issues, UAW Local 2325

Unions representing court workers and legal aid attorneys are calling on the city to hit the brakes on in-person court proceedings, arguing that they put workers, judges, and defendants at risk of contracting COVID-19.  At a rally and march outside Brooklyn Supreme...

A huge victory’ for international students

by Justin | Jul 16, 2020 | Social Issues, UAW Local 4121

This is a huge victory for the organizing work of international students and scholars and our allies in University administrations and government,” said Nayon Park, an international student from South Korea at the University of Washington and member of UAW Local...

U.S. Backs Down in Fight With Harvard, MIT on Student Visas

by Justin | Jul 14, 2020 | Graduate Workers, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, Postdoctoral Researchers, Social Issues

The U.S. backed down from a high-profile confrontation with Harvard University, MIT and hundreds of other colleges over foreign-student visas, ending a standoff that could have sent thousands of students back to their home countries and left schools scrambling to plan...

‘Up, up with education, down, down with deportation’: UAW 4121 protests recent directive on international students

by Justin | Jul 14, 2020 | Graduate Workers, Postdoctoral Researchers, Social Issues, UAW Local 4121

When the recent directive from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Student Exchange and Visitor Program threatened to deport thousands of international students unable to enroll in in-person classes due to the novel coronavirus–induced fall quarter...

Protest in La Jolla highlights income disparity, social injustice

by Justin | Jul 9, 2020 | Social Issues, UAW Local 2865

Protesters rode in a caravan around La Jolla on July 1 to drive their point home by picketing the houses of the wealthy as part of a statewide effort to promote greater social equity. Participating in the protest were renters, workers, and community/labor leaders of...