Read about the clerical strike at the University of Minnesota here. As at Yale, the University is claiming large numbers reporting to work; as at Yale, it looks like administrators are seeking numbers complementary to an ideology which makes working people disappear. As at Yale, hundreds of classes are moving off campus, and students are deeply involved in solidarity with the larger community to call for a resolution to the crisis and a better future. As one wrote: Bruininks and the University administration are trying to pit students against striking workers. With media complicity they've attempted to paint the strikers as isolated and weak, while in reality student, faculty, and community support has been growing exponentially in the last week. Come show the administration, the media, and especially the clerical workers how much support they really have! Come demonstrate that students won't fall for divide and rule tactics, and that we understand unity between students and workers is necessary to confront an arrogant administration trying to make us shoulder the burden of the budget crisis. Amen.
10/24/2003
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Josh Eidelson received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Political Science from Yale University, where he helped lead the Undergraduate Organizing Committee. He has written about local and national politics as an opinion columnist for the Yale DailyNews, a research fellow for Talking Points Media, and a contributor to CampusProgress.org. Views expressed here are solely his own. Contact: "jeidelson" at "gmail" dot com.
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