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Necessary Discomfort: The September 18 Career Fair Disruption

September 20, 2024 Nick Wilson, The Cornell Daily Sun. , , , , ,
On Wednesday, students disrupted the ILR School’s Human Capital and HR Career Fair, which featured recruiters from weapons manufacturers Boeing and L3Harris. Students organized with the Coalition for Mutual Liberation successfully shut the event down using pots, pans and noisemakers in Statler Hall until both employers left the building. They also delivered an indictment to Boeing and L3Harris recruiters finding both companies guilty of aiding and abetting human rights violations, war crimes and genocide. This action has significantly altered incentive structures at our university. For the administration, it has been made clear that inviting arms manufacturers to our campus after 70 percent of students voted to sever ties with them will also invite the risk of a negative student response.

Cornell Workers Strike For The First Time In Decades

August 30, 2024 José Pérez-Zetunem, Labor Notes. , , , ,
As students moved into campus, Cornell University’s 1,200 dining, custodial, and maintenance workers in Ithaca, New York, walked off the job August 18. “When you’re not getting paid a living wage in a place that certainly has the money to pay, it feels disrespectful,” said Josh Dexter, a cook. “It can burn out the flame for people.” The university emailed professors, administrative staff, and retirees, urging them to pick up scab shifts. Students reported a hectic start of classes and terrible dining hall food. Cornell also brought in scabs from temporary work agencies like Stafkings and Express Employment. Even Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff was spotted working the dining halls.

Workers At Cornell Strike As Student Move-In Begins

August 19, 2024 Jimmy Jordan, The Ithaca Voice. , , , ,
Ithaca, N.Y. — For the first time in decades, workers at Cornell University are on strike. Thousands of students are scheduled to begin moving into Cornell’s campus on Monday for the fall semester, but workers on the night shift began to walk off the job Sunday, when the strike officially started at 10 p.m.. Workers are scheduled to picket on the university’s campus during student move-in day. The United Auto Workers (UAW) and Cornell University have been locked in tense labor contract negotiations since April. UAW Local 2300 represents a bargaining unit of about 1,200 workers at Cornell, the majority of which are cafeteria workers, custodians, and groundskeepers, whose current bargaining agreement with Cornell expired on July 1.
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