Tag: employees

UMD workers advocate for living wage, right to unionize

The labor picnic brought together members of United Students Against Sweatshops, Fearless Student Employees, the American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1072.

Parker Leipzig
October 25, 2022

‘Free labor’: UMD students want fair pay for staffing concession stands

Clubs responsible for beer carts earn about six percent of sales, while organizations that run a food stand gain about 12 percent of sales because they have to make the food they sell.

Parker Leipzig
September 27, 2022

UMD employees share frustration with removal of mask mandate

The university's mask mandate has been lifted since Aug. 29.

Parker Leipzig
September 9, 2022

UMD Senate approves new criminal background check policy

The policy requires a criminal background check on all new staff and faculty hires.

Nene Narh-Mensah
April 26, 2022

A band-aid solution

Editorial cartoon.

Haoran Li
February 7, 2022

Contract Dining Services employees want to see better benefits

Even if they go through multiple contracts, these employees aren't always guaranteed full-time employment.

James Cirrone
February 3, 2022

USM Board of Regents approves minimum wage increase to $15 for union-represented workers

The increase will not include student workers and contractual workers who work at USM institutions.

Shifra Dayak
December 10, 2021

Frustrated by UMD’s approach to strategic plan, a group of professors is making its own

This university's chapter of the American Association of University Professors says the university-led plan doesn't prioritize the right goals.

Shifra Dayak
October 28, 2021

‘Underpaid and left behind’: UMD bus drivers protest for better working conditions

More than 50 people gathered to protest for better maintenance of buses and hazard pay for DOTS employees.

Shifra Dayak
July 29, 2021

‘Ready to fight’: UMD employees protest in latest push for more telework

Seventy-five community members protested at the main administration building Tuesday.

Shifra Dayak
July 14, 2021