UMD Filipino community voices support for GWU nurse fired over unionization efforts
Estrellas’ suspension cut deep for many members of this university’s Filipino community given the community’s history in the nursing profession.
USAS teach-in highlights continued calls for higher minimum wage, unionization at UMD
After successfully fighting to make the minimum wage for employees at this university $15 per hour, USAS has moved its focus to advocating for an increase to $22.65 per hour.
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.
UMD grads were hopeful about this year’s collective bargaining bill. Then, COVID-19 hit.
The legislation would have allowed graduate student workers to unionize legally.
Graduate assistants need collective bargaining rights
OUR VIEW: Collective bargaining rights would let them improve a flawed system.
GSG backs state bill that would give graduate student workers collective bargaining rights
The bill is set to be proposed in the state legislature in January.
Overconsumption will destroy our planet. The Green New Deal must fight it.
The Green New Deal needs to target our worst environmental vice.