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Calls for higher wages, lighter workload dominate USAS workers’ forum

The desire for a pay increase among non-exempt workers has been reignited with a recent release of a financial analysis commissioned by this university’s AAUP chapter.
  • James Cirrone
  • May 4, 2022

UMD workers’ union speaks out on unsafe work conditions in first state labor board hearing

The board is having hearings throughout the week.
  • Clara Longo de Freitas
  • March 9, 2021

UMD workers are essential. The campus community must fight for them.

UMD can’t keep treating its service and maintenance staff as disposable.
  • Allison Cochrane
  • July 27, 2020

UMD housekeepers file complaint with labor board over inadequate conditions amid COVID-19

“[The university] was not working with us in good faith to develop policies and procedures," a union organizer said last month.
  • Angela Roberts
  • July 17, 2020

As housekeepers fall ill without AC, UMD announces new measures to improve conditions

The union that represents UMD workers remains unsatisfied.
  • Angela Roberts
  • July 11, 2020

UMD shut off AC in many dorms to combat moisture. Housekeepers are falling ill without it.

The union that represents workers on campus says it has heard from several employees who have sought medical attention after working without air conditioning.
  • Angela Roberts
  • July 8, 2020

Preventable deaths can’t become the norm at UMD

OUR VIEW: In its poor communication about adenovirus, UMD has shown a disregard for students.
  • Diamondback Editorial Board
  • May 29, 2019

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