Apr 21, 2022
Right now, a majority of residential advisers at Kenyon College,
organized with the Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee, are
on an indefinite strike over unfair labor practices. At the same
time, over 1,750 graduate student workers at Indiana University
with the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition are on strike,
demanding that the university administration formally recognize
their union, pay graduate workers a livable wage, and eliminate
costly student fees. In this extended mini-cast, we talk about
these important struggles with three worker-organizers across the
two campuses: Molly Orr, a sophomore at Kenyon College who works at
the Kenyon Farm and the Writing Center; Nora Weber, a fourth-year
PhD candidate in Sociology at Indiana University; and Anne
Kavalerchik, a third-year PhD candidate in Sociology and
Informatics at Indiana University.
Additional links/info below...
- Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition—United Electrical Workers website, Facebook page, Twitter page, and Instagram
- Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee—United Electrical Workers website, Facebook page, Twitter page, and Instagram
- Nora's Twitter page
- Kenyon Strike Fund: K-SWOC-UE Strike Fund - Spring 2022
- Indiana Strike Fund: STRIKE UNTIL WE WIN FUND!
- Maria Carrasco, Inside Higher Ed, "Kenyon College Residential Advisers Go On Indefinite Strike"
- Hali Tauxe, Indiana Daily Student, "As Graduate Workers Contemplate Strike, Bloomington Campus Officials Announce Raises"
- Jeremy Hogan, The Bloomingtonian, "Gallery: Grad Workers Strike Tuesday, April 19, 2022"
Permanent links below...
- Working People Patreon page
- Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show!
- Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page
- In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page
- The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page
Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)
- Jules Taylor, "Working People Theme Song