In These Times
05-13-2017, 07:17 AM
Twenty-three Yale graduate students were arrested (http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/well_take_the_ticket1/) Thursday in a civil disobedience aimed at pressuring the university to recognize its recently certified union of graduate student teachers, UNITE HERE Local 33.
Eight members of the union began a hunger strike on April 25. Thursday’s civil disobedience was the first time the union had staged a protest in city streets. Students blocked three busy intersections in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. Three were reportedly taken into custody for refusing to accept their court summons; Twenty more were ticketed and voluntarily accepted their summons.
Thursday was “move-out” day for Yale undergraduates, which gave the action increased impact and visibility. The union plans to continue the fasts and protests indefinitely.
More... (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20133/23_grad_student_workers_arrested_as_yale_hunger_strike_continues/)
Eight members of the union began a hunger strike on April 25. Thursday’s civil disobedience was the first time the union had staged a protest in city streets. Students blocked three busy intersections in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. Three were reportedly taken into custody for refusing to accept their court summons; Twenty more were ticketed and voluntarily accepted their summons.
Thursday was “move-out” day for Yale undergraduates, which gave the action increased impact and visibility. The union plans to continue the fasts and protests indefinitely.
More... (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20133/23_grad_student_workers_arrested_as_yale_hunger_strike_continues/)