On some West Coast college campuses this week, students and workers have been outspoken. Tuesday afternoon the Stanford students occupying their presidents office were arrested, as expected. The next day, at UC Davis, fifteen people -- food service workers, students and others -- were arrested while demanding that the university stop subcontracting the university's food services, and allow the workers to join the union. Subcontracting to notorious unionbuster Sodexho Marriott saves the university money but results in shoddy conditions for the workers. Earlier this month, 24 people were arrested in a demonstration on the same issue. It's the end of the school year, and the administrations will probably try to get away with making some nefarious decisions over the summer, while the students are gone. Let's hope this spring's organizing has laid the groundwork for a highly organized fall 2007.

Comments (5)

1. So the food workers are maltreated...and they work for a large company, so why haven't they quit?

   Posted by john maasch at 05/24/2007 @ 8:16pm

2. Pychobabble.

   Posted by USAPRIDE at 05/24/2007 @ 8:19pm

3. I think Liza needs a real job , and soon. 15 students. I wonder if those 15 studenst are paying their own way or if they are on sort of "ride"...and if they would be willing to lose that scholarship as a penalty for being arrested...then we might see how serious the 15 would be to continue

   or if they would be willing to protest when a conservative group gets shouted down and not being allowed to their freedom of speech considerations...

   Posted by john maasch at 05/24/2007 @ 8:20pm

4. 15 arrested, not all students...and UC-Davis has 23,000 undergrads?

   Think 0.05% might be a bit low for a "massive student protest"???

   Posted by Mask at 05/24/2007 @ 9:46pm

5. Why not simply allow the workers to join the union? What's so unfair about that?

   Posted by mtspence05 at 05/25/2007 @ 09:59am