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Les étudiants employés dans les résidences et la restauration se syndiquent et organisent un rassemblement

Le 17 novembre, deux nouveaux syndicats d'étudiants créés ce mois-ci, United Smith Student Workers et Smith College Residence Life Collective, ont organisé un premier rassemblement sur Chapin Lawn pour obtenir le soutien des étudiants.

‘We get treated like crap’; Housekeepers React to Change in Policy Under New Management

“If they see me talking to you, I’ll be fired,” said a housekeeper who, along with another housekeeper, spoke to The Sophian in a house hallway.  They both expressed concern about the housekeeping department’s recent change in management. “They do not care for women,” said the other.  “We get treated like crap.”

Northampton Stop & Shop Workers Participate in Union Strike

On Thursday, April 11, workers at the Northampton Stop & Shop on King Street walked off the job as part of a union strike involving over 30,000 employees and spanning across Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. This strike comes after months of failed negotiation to reach a new contract between the union and company. Stop & Shop employees are represented by the larger United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union. Many Stop & Shop stores across New England have been forced to close their doors due to a lack of working employees.