Connecting Capitalism & Immigration: Student Labor Week of Action 2008

David Duhalde
YDS National Organizer
Originally published on theactivist.org
I gave several talks about the connection between capitalism and immigration as part of the Student Labor Week of Action. My second stop, after Butler University, was at Wooster College, where I am currently sitting in a college house scribbling through this entry. Both talks were sponsored by [...]

UM graduate assistant walkout wins contract victory

By David Morrill Schlitt

On March 24, despite having reached an agreement on ten out of twelve of the articles in the contract for graduate student instructors (GSIs), the University of Michigan’s bargaining team walked away from the table-three hours before our contract was set to expire. We in U-M’s Graduate Employees Organization (GEO - AFT [...]

Chicano students help Blue Diamond Workers

Chicano Students rally to almond workers’ cause
The nation’s largest Chicano student group brought some 400 students protestors on March 21,2008. to the Sacramento plant in support of the Blue Diamond workers’ long fight to join the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU).

Since its founding in [...]

Video contest on failure of US Labor Laws

Communication Workers of America and Jobs with Justice are sponsoring a contest for progressive — and creative — student activists with a flair for producing short videos. Submit a 1 to 3 minute “YouTube style” video that highlights the failure of U.S. labor laws to protect workers who seek to unionize—and why America needs the [...]

Students and Workers Unite This Spring!

YDS Joins Allies for National Labor Solidarity.
This coming spring semester looks to be a great time for student-labor activism and two important labor oriented weeks are rapidly approaching. Save the dates and don’t miss out! First, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is organizing an [...]

Hong Kong student activists search in vain for Mickey Mouse’s Conscience

On March 6th Disney shareholders will meet in Albuquerque to celebrate record sales and profits.  A small group of student activists based in Hong Kong wants to remind Disney of its unfulfilled promises to end sweatshop labor at its Chinese suppliers.

AFSCME’s Alternative Union Break

Are you a college senior or graduate interested in social justice work after you graduate? Does that describe a young person you know?
In either case, you might want to look into AFSCME’s Alternative Spring Break

Hotel Summer Internship

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UNITE HERE is a progressive labor organization, representing approximately 440,000 workers in the hotel, textiles, industrial laundry, gaming and food service industries in North America. These service industries employ large numbers of women, recent [...]

YDS Conference

During the weekend of February 15-17th, 2008 in New York City, the Young Democratic Socialists shall host their annual national winter conference: “Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible: Reviving Democratic, Socialist, and Youth Activism.” The weekend-long event is a unique opportunity to hear great speakers, attend informative workshops on a broad range of critical issues, [...]