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Tag: labor


Graduate workers’ collective bargaining is a democratic right

Administrators at this university argue annually against laws to allow graduate labor unions. They don’t just respect laws blocking a union. They actively advocate for those policies to remain in place. 
  • Guest Opinion
  • November 14, 2024

It’s time for the university to prioritize a $15 minimum wage for students

Student labor makes this university run. They deserve the respect of a living wage.
  • Malcolm Ferguson
  • April 11, 2022

To form a more equitable economy, exploitive independent contracting must end

As consumers, workers and voters, we need to recognize the validity and struggles of misclassified independent contractors.
  • Rohin Mishra
  • December 12, 2021

Workers must connect with each other to improve labor solidarity

The only real option for workers fighting toward decent conditions is to listen to each other.
  • Malcolm Ferguson
  • October 12, 2021

At picnic, UMD labor groups call for more worker protections

Representatives from AFSCME 1072 Local and other campus groups advocated for worker hazard pay, higher wages and more.
  • Shifra Dayak
  • October 9, 2021

UMD’s witnesses testify at hearing for workers union’s labor complaint

The witnesses testified about the university's relationship with the union.
  • Clara Longo de Freitas
  • March 12, 2021

State labor board moves unfair labor practice complaint against UMD forward

The union that represents this university’s workers filed the complaint in July.
  • Clara Longo de Freitas
  • September 18, 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

The NBA is in crisis. Here’s how its players union should respond.

How can the NBA's response to the pandemic be fair to its players?
  • Max Foley-Keene
  • April 14, 2020
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