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pnwmom

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5. Cut and dried? Don't unions help prevent worker exploitation?

Reply to Brickbat (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 03:38 PM

Feb 2012

This seems anything but cut and dried to me. The workers are saying that Pomona took this action in retaliation against efforts to unionize. They point out that other colleges among the group aren't taking similar measures against their employees. So why did Pomona do this now, in the midst of the union drive?

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NYT: firing of undocumented workers "a consuming debate over what it means to be a liberal college" [View all] alp227 Feb 2012 OP

it's also the law qazplm Feb 2012 #1

and if they hadn't fired the workers ... imagine what the headlines would be zbdent Feb 2012 #3

A "liberal" college shouldn't mean one that breaks the law and contributes to worker exploitation. Brickbat Feb 2012 #2

Cut and dried? Don't unions help prevent worker exploitation? pnwmom Feb 2012 #5

Shame on me for not reading farther! I do wish that article had talked to the union or at least Brickbat Feb 2012 #7

Here are a couple of other links. pnwmom Feb 2012 #9

Hopefully, the new employees will be able to successfully unionize. nt Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #8

Are you okay with it if this was a retaliation against efforts to unionize? pnwmom Feb 2012 #4

Just doing the work that Americans won't do. Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #6

Some of the college's students, faculty and alumni have a different view of how a liberal college pampango Feb 2012 #10