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Labor

December 3, 2023

First Pitzer union contract wins $25 base rate, matching Pomona

The contract increased hourly pay by as much as $7.50 and also included increased insurance benefits.

Labor

November 19, 2023

Students fundraise for Palmdale Amazon delivery drivers on strike

Amazon terminated its contract for 84 delivery drivers after they unionized in June. They’ve been picketing at warehouses around the country since.

Palestine

November 13, 2023

Hundreds of Claremont students mobilized for Palestine protests in the past month. Here’s a timeline

Israeli attacks have killed 11,240 Palestinians since Oct. 7. Hundreds of Claremont studednts have mobilized to demand the colleges divest from Israel in response.

Palestine

113 students shut down Pomona Family Weekend Address, demanding divestment from Israel

The action came after students promised escalation in an Oct. 25 delegation attended by at least 370 people.

Palestine

Against student protests, Pomona College clears Palestine vigil from SCC

The college's rationale shifted from rain damage to a prohibition of memorials at SCC over the night before the takedown.

Palestine

November 5, 2023

Promising escalation, 370+ students delegate to Pomona treasurer, demanding Israel divestment

"We’re here because Pomona College in particular has fallen on the wrong side of history multiple times."

Labor

October 23, 2023

Amazon 101 recap: CSWA boosts warehouse organizing with a history lesson

Two UCR professors, one a WWRC board member, discussed the history of labor and environmental justice organizing around Inland Empire Amazon warehouses at a CSWA event.

Palestine

October 11, 2023

Second SJP event addresses ‘pinkwashing’ of Israel

Organizers aimed to break down “binary, progressive versus backwards” narrative about queerness in Israel and Palestine

Abolition

October 7, 2023

WorldWE’s “Sex Trade 101” Introduces Prostitution Abolition to the 5Cs

“[The term] 'sex work' sanitizes and glamorizes the inherent harms of the sex trade and invalidates the violent and traumatic experience of most people in the sex trade.”

Labor

October 6, 2023

Retail concessions workers strike at Ontario International Airport

Three years after their contract expired, workers asked for a living wage of $21 per hour, rising to $25 by 2025. Hudson counter-offered $21 by 2027.

Undercurrents reports on labor, Palestine liberation, prison abolition and other community organizing at and around the Claremont Colleges.

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Issue 1 / Spring 2023

Setting the Standard

How Pomona workers won a historic $25 minimum wage; a new union in Claremont; Tony Hoang on organizing

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