Faculty and students are fighting a crisis they say has been exacerbated but was not caused by the virus.
Unions
Already the labor movement has signaled growing impatience with the police and their so-called unions.
UC Santa Cruz is pushing punitive measures against student workers involved in wildcat strikes this past winter.
Activists say that by continuing to affiliate with police unions, some labor leaders are betraying protesters’ demands.
Workers deserve safe workplaces, and unions give them a voice in determining their own work conditions.
The experience many organizers gained from the Sanders movement had a direct impact on their work.
Grocery workers are working for us at considerable personal risk; we need to act now to protect them.
The lack of protections could create shortages of caregivers and undermine efforts to control the coronavirus.
Medicare for All would disrupt union contracts to turn health care from a bargaining chip into a right.
Even though union members aren’t endorsing a specific Democrat, they are eager to defeat Trump.