Category: Higher Education
- 12/17/12 Custodians at Saint Michael’s College Unionize The pope called unions indispensable, yet hardly any Catholic colleges have collective bargaining agreements.
- 10/22/12 An Education on Activism at One California University UCLA workers’ pensions and rights are under attack but they’re schooling opponents in face-to-face activism.
- 10/10/12 AFSCME Rallies for Justice in Education at Supreme Court High court hearing arguments on University of Texas admissions system.
- 05/22/12 College Students and Workers Coming Together in Main Street Movement AFSCME is engaging young people and developing young worker activists across the country.
- 04/25/12 President Obama Slow Jams a Scary Truth About College Costs Behind the laughter on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was a serious message to Congress.
- 04/10/12 University of California Irvine Ends Outsourcing of Custodial Services After a four-year battle, 94 custodial workers were officially classified as University employees.
- 08/03/11 Anti-Worker Mackinac Center Takes Aim at Univ. of Mich. Graduate Research Assistants Right-wing, anti-worker organization tries to stop graduate research assistants from organizing with a union.
- 04/08/11 Shutdown? Republicans in the U.S. House are threatening to shut down the federal government if Democrats don’t concede to their proposals to slash critical public services.
- 04/07/11 1 Kasich Budget = 51,000 Lost Ohio Jobs Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) has proposed a two-year budget which could mean a direct loss of 51,052 existing Ohio jobs in K-12 education, higher education, state personnel and local governments [...]
- 02/14/11 Video: Shaking the Wisconsin State House On Valentine's Day, University of Wisconsin-Madison students filled the Wisconsin Capitol building to protest proposals by Republican Gov. Scott Walker that would reduce funding for higher education and decimate collective bargaining rights.
