12/05/2019
Graduate Students Do Real Work. Let Us Unionize. Opinion: The government claims graduate students at private universities should not be considered employees. That’s a mistake.
Student Labor Action Project at BU
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SLAP is a coalition of students, workers, and labor activists dedicated to engaging students in labor solidarity activities locally and worldwide.
College campuses have become an important battleground for addressing economic inequities. Colleges and universities employ large numbers of people - graduate students, janitors, cafeteria workers, and professors - and so have power over the quality of life of entire communities. These institutions are also large purchasers - spending billions of dollars each year on everything from sweatshirts, t
12/05/2019
09/25/2019
Sign the Petition Racist Hatemonger Ben Shapiro Not Welcome at Boston University!
03/13/2018
Solidarity with BU tour guides!!
11/14/2017
Congratulations to Fordham non-tenure track faculty! Solidarity!!
CONGRATULATIONS Fordham Faculty United! When we fight, we win!!
08/14/2017
United against hatred; stomp out white supremacy and fascism!
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05/01/2017
Happy May Day!! See you in the streets!!
"Truly, history has a lot to teach us about the roots of our radicalism. When we remember that people were shot so we could have the 8-hour day; if we acknowledge that homes with families in them were burned to the ground so we could have Saturday as part of the weekend; when we recall 8-year old victims of industrial accidents who marched in the streets protesting working conditions and child labor only to be beat down by the police and company thugs, we understand that our current condition cannot be taken for granted - people fought for the rights and dignities we enjoy today, and there is still a lot more to fight for. The sacrifices of so many people can not be forgotten or we'll end up fighting for those same gains all over again. This is why we celebrate May Day."
http://www.iww.org/history/library/misc/origins_of_mayday
The Brief Origins of May Day | Industrial Workers of the World Most people living in the United States know little about the International Workers' Day of May Day. For many others there is an assumption that it is a holiday celebrated in state communist countries like Cuba or the former Soviet Union. Most Americans don't realize that May Day has its origins her...
It was so great to see everybody last Thursday, if you want to keep the ball rolling we'll be meeting tonight at 7pm in the Ziskind Lounge on the 2nd floor of the GSU
03/01/2017
An open letter about the rally against the corporatization of higher education released in conjunction with Divest BU and Make Boston University a Sanctuary School. Join us at 11:30 at Marsh for the rally or at 5:30 for a panel event (with free food).
Remember to thank facilities and dining workers today for endlessly working to clear the snow and feed students during the blizzard!!!
05/03/2015
solidarity with our friends at Tufts, who have started a hunger strike in support of their janitors!
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/05/03/tufts-students-begin-hunger-strike-support-university-janitors-targeted-for-layoffs/O30YeVmPxq6cJz8PPOmkVL/story.html
Tufts students to begin hunger strike in support of university janitors targeted for layoffs -... Five Tufts University students were preparing to begin a hunger strike this afternoon to protest the planned layoff of janitors on the college’s Medford campus.
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