March 20, 2017
Daily Trojan: Graduate Students Team with USC Forward to Establish Union
The Daily Trojan reporting today on our organizing efforts on campus, quoting many graduate students about the push for unionization at USC: "Karlynne... Read MoreMarch 1, 2017
March 1: #CampusResistance
On March 1, faculty, graduate students, and undergrads participated in a national #CampusResistance day of action. Across the country, faculty and students on... Read MoreJanuary 19, 2017
Back on Campus, Back in Action
Colleagues, My name is Robert Chlala and I’m a research assistant in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. As you may have heard, USC... Read MoreOctober 6, 2016
5 Reasons We're Forming a Graduate Student Union at USC
As you may have heard, graduate students at private universities recently won the right to form unions. We’re writing you today to tell you why... Read MoreOctober 3, 2016
Graduate Students Are Uniting to Change Higher Education
Dear Fellow Graduate Student Employees: We are writing to share why we are coming together to improve our working conditions and to ask you to join us. As... Read MoreOctober 2, 2016
Are they Students? Or are they Employees? NLRB Rules that Graduate Students are Employees
The Washington Post reports on the NLRB's landmark ruling clearing the way for graduate students to organize unions on their campusesL "The National Labor... Read MoreApril 20, 2016
NLRB Reports USC Violated Federal Laws
From the Daily Trojan: "A report released by the NLRB Monday supported these objections and rendered the original Dornsife vote invalid. The ruling, issued by... Read MoreApril 19, 2016
NLRB: USC Broke the Law in Faculty Unionization Vote
Inside Higher Ed reports on the lengths USC administrators are willing to go to stop faculty unionization efforts: “'Provost [Michael] Quick engaged in... Read MoreMarch 21, 2016
USC's Tuition Will Top $50,000 for the First Time
The Los Angeles Times reports: "USC, always striving to reach new heights, is set to cross a dubious milestone: Tuition for the 2016-2017 academic year will... Read MoreDecember 13, 2015
University of Chicago Nontenured Faculty Votes to Form Union
Huge news out of Illinois as UChicago faculty win their union election by a 4-to-1 margin, from the Chicago Tribune: "A group of nontenured instructors at the... Read MoreThis Labor Day, SEIU 721 member and USC Forward leader Ixchell Reyes on why a union voice in higher education is critical for faculty and students.
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Check out USC Forward leader and SEIU 721 member Kazuya Shida in today's Daily Trojan!
Letter to the Editor: Academia needs unions now more than ever | Daily Trojan
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Like so many on campus, I was shocked by the recent Los Angeles Times investigation into Dr. Carmen Puliafito, the former dean of USC’s Keck School of Medicine. The Times’ bombshell report outlining Puliafito’s behavior while at USC — from partying with prostitutes and criminals to his documented dr...