Veri-greedy: Students and Workers Unite!
By Desiree Thompson, of University of Central Florida SLAP America’s history is rich with instances of people gathering together to fight for a common goal. One great aspect of this nation is that when a group feels compelled to do so, they have the ability to fight for what they are entitled to. The fight […]
SLAP and Occupy Wall Street!
This is a collection of SLAPatista’s stories and thoughts on the #OccupyWallStreet movement and shows how students and young people are getting involved locally. SLAP and Occupy Wall Street! By Chris Hicks, National SLAP Coordinator A student recently asked me “A year from now, how will we talk about what happened on Wall Street?” That […]
Students fight to save USPS
By Jonathan Alingu of University of Central Florida On September 27, 2011, the Student Labor Action Project chapter at University of Central Florida in solidarity with the American Postal Workers Union 1462, the National Association of Letter Carriers, National Postal Handlers Union, and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Union embarked on a journey to the […]
Getting Back to School, Getting Back to Work!
By Jeremy Hedlund, of University of Oregon SLAP, and Isaiah Toney, of George Washington University SLAP. As summer winds down and schools across the nation start back up, students are being forced to ask themselves many tough questions. “How will I pay for my school? Will I be able to get a job when I graduate? And […]
UCF SLAP takes action!
By Curtis Hierro, President of University of Central Florida SLAP. On September 1, SLAP at the University of Central Florida participated in a national day of action with National Nurses United, a union representing over 150,000 registered nurses across the country. The day of action centered on NNU’s campaign to “heal” the American working-class by […]
Caring Across Generations: A New Movement
By Lucero Castañeda, USSA La Coalición Chair and student as University of Oregon. One joins a collective effort, and many follow. A movement that is lead by a mother, a father, the elderly, and a child, is a movement and a struggle for all. A movement like such, is one that must be lead with passion, […]
Jobs with Justice National Conference: It’s Always Better When We’re Together
Written by Allison McGrail, of UMass Amherst SLAP. For a student who was pulled into the labor movement in the past year, the summer months pose a unique challenge. Suddenly, I’m not in the cozy bubble of UMass Amherst, I’m not surrounded by my fellow “SLAPatistas,” and the lazy, hazy months of summer stall my […]
National Student Labor Pre-Conference 2011: Looking back
By Jeremy Hedlund, of University of Oregon SLAP. After 9 hours of flying and 3000 miles traveled, the University of Oregon delegation arrived in Washington, D.C. for the Student Labor Pre-Conference and the Jobs with Justice National Conference. What brought the three of us here? For me, it was the knowledge that our classified staff […]
Connecting the Movement: Sarah Kelley
Today, we conclude “Connecting the Movement” with Sarah Kelley, a student at UMass-Amherst. UMass-Amherst launched a campaign to organize new workers on their campus, ending with a victory for hundreds of campus workers. How’d you get involved with SLAP? I first heard about SLAP in the first semester of my junior year when I attended […]
The Labor Movement: Internships in the 21st Century
By Matthew Bruenig This Opinion piece presents the opinions of the author. It does not necessarily reflect the views of Jobs with Justice or our stakeholders. As the midpoint of summer nears, the college internship season is in full swing. Millions of college students — some paid, but many unpaid — are laboring away in […]
