Pomona College is unlikely to allow its food-service workers to hold a “card-check” vote to form a union, President David Oxtoby said Tuesday Mar. 2. Many of the dining hall workers petitioned the president this week to allow them to hold the vote on whether to form a food service
Author: Trevor Hunnicutt
Oxtoby Opposes “Card-Check” Unionization Vote for Workers
Pomona College is unlikely to allow its food-service workers to hold a “card-check” vote to form a union, President David Oxtoby said Tuesday. Many of the dining hall workers petitioned the president this week to allow them to hold the vote on whether to form a food-service workers’ union, and
Claremont Museum to Close Before New Year
There will be no Christmas miracle for the Claremont Museum of Art. The struggling museum, which had resorted to using city funds to keep its Packing House location open, will be shuttered at 5 p.m. Sunday, according to the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin . The museum struggled amid a severe
Roy Disney, Alum Who Shaped Uncle’s Media Empire, Dies
Roy Edward Disney PO ’51, a powerful force in the entertainment empire named for his uncle, died Wednesday. He was 79.Disney’s death was confirmed by Clifford A. Miller, a spokesman for Shamrock Holdings, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, according to several media outlets . Disney, who had suffered
Foundation Gives Pomona $25,000 for SURP Grants
Pomona College received a $25,000 grant from the Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation for the Summer Undergraduate Research Program, the college said in a press release Tuesday. SURP, as the program is known, provides several dozen students with up to $4,000 for four to 10 weeks of research
Claremont to Consider Funding Insolvent Museum
Claremont’s city council will discuss Tuesday a plan to fund the city’s beleaguered Museum of Art. The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reported Monday that the independent museum, whose board has said it could close its Village Expansion’s Packing House location due to insolvency , is requesting $18,879 from the city’s