Despite 103-degree weather this Labor Day afternoon, hundreds of Claremont Colleges students, Pomona College dining hall workers and local labor organizers showed up to a rally outside Frary Dining Hall in support of raising wages for Pomona kitchen staff.
Author: Mariana Duran
Following a year of campaigning, Pitzer staff unionizes
After months of organizing, allegations of administrative wrongdoing and an eventual agreement between the college and a local labor union, Pitzer dining and facilities workers officially unionized.
Después de un año de campaña, trabajadores de Pitzer se sindicalizan
Después de meses de organización sindical, quejas de prácticas ilícitas administrativas y un acuerdo entre Pitzer College y un sindicato local de trabajadores, el personal de comedores e instalaciones de Pitzer se sindicalizó este 25 de agosto.
SHS announces monkeypox guidance for fall semester
Last week, Student Health Services announced monkeypox guidelines for the upcoming fall semester. Citing guidance from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, SHS does not advise quarantine for infected individuals but rather the covering of skin lesions and rashes that develop.
Trabajadores de Pitzer alegan que la administración cometió prácticas ilícitas mientras ellos organizaban un sindicato
Este primero de mayo, algunos trabajadores de Pitzer hicieron pública su campaña de elecciones sindicales. Dos semanas después, junto a otros miembros de la comunidad de los Claremont Colleges, los trabajadores le entregaron al entonces presidente Melvin Oliver la primera de tres quejas sobre prácticas ilícitas (o ULPs, por sus siglas en inglés) que han presentado desde el 10 de mayo.
Union or bust? Pitzer workers raise allegations of administrative wrongdoing while organizing
Two weeks after Pitzer College staff workers went public with a union campaign on May Day, staff members and other members of the 5C community delivered the paperwork for the first of three Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs) organizers have filed since May 10.
The cost of increasing costs: accounting for tuition increases at the 5Cs
Tuition as the 5Cs has increased by up to 36% since 2013-14. TSL reviewed eight years of financial statements to look at what this means for students.
Students lived alongside infected peers after CMC and Mudd ran out of isolation space
As COVID-19 cases surged to unprecedented levels at the 5Cs throughout April, Claremont McKenna College and Harvey Mudd College quickly found themselves in a complicated position: they didn’t have enough isolation space for everyone who tested positive.
What’s a visiting professor? Who cares about course evals? A guide to hiring, tenure and promotion at the 5Cs
This article is the first in a series exploring the faculty hiring and tenure process at the 5Cs. What is tenure, how do you get it and why do some professors seem so stressed out about it? Tenure can mean a few different things at different academic institutions, but it
Frustrating some locals and environmentalists, Ontario city council votes to allow warehouses on historic farmland
On March 1, Ontario’s city council voted to allow the repurposing of some of the farmland in south Ontario to build some of the city’s largest warehouse complexes. The decision — which is not the first of its kind — was met with backlash by some Ontarians and environmental groups, including Pitzer College’s Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability.