After several months of negotiating and discussions, graduate student workers and other staff members officially began their strike this past Monday. The workers, represented by the Association of American University Professors (AAUP)-American Federation of Teachers…
Topic: labor strike
Strike ends with a new contract in LA school district
The beginning of 2023 was met with many strikes and threatened strikes, and unionized workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) followed suit by conducting a three-day strike in the middle of last…
Rutgers University union opens vote to authorize strike
After the university administration did not acquiesce to its demands met last month, unionized workers at Rutgers University began voting on whether to authorize a labor strike. According to the Daily Targum, voting began on…
Temple University graduate workers vote down contract proposal
Despite being on strike for almost a month, unionized striking graduate workers at Temple University chose to vote down a contract proposal offered by the university administration over concerns that it did not meet all…
New York teachers’ union conducts ‘teach-in’ protest over wages
Editor’s Note: We have updated the article to reflect that teachers held the protest at school locations, but only during lunch hour and after-school hours. The original article said that teachers held the protest during…
Striking workers at University of California have to repay wages
Several weeks after ending their months-long strike, graduate student workers at the University of California received shocking news: they will have to repay their wages to the university. Although the University of California said it…
Strike threatened by Rutgers University faculty, staff over ‘housing justice’
It appears that demanding radical, left-wing concessions is en vogue when it comes to labor strikes in higher education. Last fall, University of California graduate workers went on strike and demanded a slew of concessions…
Graduate workers at Temple University go on strike
Fresh off the labor strike at the University of California among graduate student workers, Temple University workers officially went on strike last Tuesday. These workers are teaching assistants and research assistants at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based…
Faculty halt strike at University of Illinois-Chicago after deal
The college faculty at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) went on strike last week over pay issues and the provision of mental health services for students. But they reached a late night deal with the…
SEIU cafeteria workers threaten a strike in LA
Teachers’ union strikes took place last year as school districts were reopening to in-person classes, and it looks like a Los Angeles-area union of school workers are threatening to strike early in the new year….