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University of Michigan refuses calls for pay raises despite added revenue " People's World
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (972+ words) FLINT, Mich. Outside the local University of Michigan (UM) satellite campus, Flint workers waited for the school to return their concerns with a counter offer. University management had responded on June 1 with an offer of zero before doing so again…...
Penn State Faculty vote 3 to 1 to unionize with Service Employees – People's World
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (340+ words) STATE COLLEGE, Pa. By a three-to-one ratio, Pennsylvania State University faculty, from full professors on down through lower ranks in the university's system, voted on May 14 to unionize with Service Employees Local 668. The unofficial tally was 2, 510-847 out of 5, 351 eligible voters....
Penn State Faculty vote 3 to 1 to unionize with Service Employees
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (700+ words) STATE COLLEGE, Pa. By a three-to-one ratio, Pennsylvania State University faculty, from full professors on down through lower ranks in the university's system, voted on May 14 to unionize with Service Employees Local 668. The unofficial tally was 2, 510-847 out of 5, 351 eligible voters....
Asheville nurse says union organizing activity contributed to her firing
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1480+ words) ASHEVILLE, N. C. Molly Zenker is a former nurse at Mission Hospital, a medical center owned by HCA Healthcare Inc. , who is known throughout the western North Carolina working class movement as a labor organizer with National Nurses United. In an interview…...
Trump Education Department targets trans and nonbinary students at Smith College
4+ week, 2+ day ago (493+ words) NORTHAMPTON, Mass. The Trump administration's investigation of Smith College is premised upon a fundamental misreading of Title IX law, argues Carrie Baker, a professor in the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program at Smith." The DOE's May 4 press release…...
Tennessee students connect Indigenous culture and sustainability in groundbreaking project
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (691+ words) FRANKLIN, Tenn. On Wednesday, April 22, the student-produced Global Concentration Capstone Project was presented at Battle Ground Academy. The Project debuted with an impressive, far-reaching documentary film put together by Battle Ground Senior students Alison Zierdon and Victoria Blanco, ably supervised…...
Philadelphia unions and residents condemn mass school closures and education-based cuts
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (256+ words) PHILADELPHIA'Outside the February Monthly Action Meeting of the Philadelphia School Board, unions representing Philadelphia School District employees rallied in opposition to a proposed plan that would see more than a dozen school closures." The coalition of unions supporting the rally…...
Univ. of Michigan's student government votes to create committee on divestment from genocide in Palestine
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (505+ words) Editor's Note: In light of the fact that many members of the local community who have spoken out about Palestinian Liberation have faced severe harassment, we have elected not to publish the names of those quoted or interviewed. ANN ARBOR,…...
U. S. Student Association tells Congress: Save education, Stop the SAVE Act
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (939+ words) WASHINGTON'The reality is that our opposition has a lot of money, a lot of power, a lot of momentum. And so it's our job to ensure that all of us are clear about the assignment," Gresia Martinez told delegates gathered…...
Los Angeles teachers plan to strike April 14
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (765+ words) LOS ANGELES'Teachers and other education workers in L. A. , numbering 37, 000, are set to strike April 14. The union, the United Teachers of Los Angeles, is fighting for a new two-year contract, and they say if they don't get they will walk. A rally…...