Labor & Unionization

The state attorney general’s office says it is investigating “multi-jurisdictional acts of vandalism,” but further details are sparse. The grad workers’ union claims “repression.”

The institution backed out of plans to host a vote and suggested graduate workers pursue the federally controlled process instead. That’s risky in the Trump era.

From lawsuits to protests, labor organizations representing faculty, grad students and other workers are resisting. Discussions about what to do next continue.

Three universities in Ohio announced job and program cuts in March. They were joined by public and private institutions coast to coast in making workforce reductions.

Students who were at the minimum course load to be considered full-time will have to hop into another class with just four weeks left in the semester.

Columbia professors said that the rest of higher education should be on notice after the Trump administration’s interference in their university’s affairs.