College Park Starbucks employees unionize, fight for better working conditions
Workers at the Starbucks in the College Park Shopping Center unanimously voted to unionize in December.
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.
MOM’s Organic Market employees rally against anti-union discrimination in College Park
MOM's Organic Market employees and community members stood outside of the market’s College Park location, protesting the company’s unfair treatment of union workers.
USAS chapter prioritizes push to raise hourly wages to $15 for all UMD workers
This university's chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops outlined several initiatives during their kickoff meeting.
USM workers can now bargain under one contract after legislature overrides Hogan’s veto
Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed a bill earlier this year.
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.
UMD union workers rally for $15 minimum wage, pandemic hazard pay
Employees have been fighting for these measures, among others, for months.
‘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.
‘Ready to fight’: UMD employees protest in latest push for more telework
Seventy-five community members protested at the main administration building Tuesday.
More than 550 UMD employees sign petition demanding expanded access to telework
"Restricting telework at this time ignores effects of the pandemic that still rule over many aspects of our lives," the petition said.