Militant Grad Workers Build Union Power to Fight Attacks on Education and Labor

Militant Grad Workers Build Union Power to Fight Attacks on Education and Labor

In this moment, organized labor can both intervene to defend people and articulate a different vision for higher ed.

Open Mic: To Form a More Perfect Union, Organized Labor Will Restore Democracy—Maybe

When ICE and other agencies began arresting and deporting immigrants this past January under Donald Trump’s orders, unions stepped up. They called for the release of detained workers, offered legal aid and know-your-rights workshops, accompanied workers to check-ins and marched in public solidarity. In doing so, unionists rejected the scapegoating that’s long fueled authoritarianism. They didn’t buy claims that immigrants were driving up housing…