On Monday, 17 Community Advisors (CAs) began an indefinite Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike. As of Wednesday, that slim majority rose to 54%, bringing the total number of CAs on strike to 18. On the same day, 56% of Apprentice Teachers (ATs) joined the CAs in their strike efforts.
The strike follows stalled discussions between the College and the CAs over Kenyon’s late-January decision to switch the pay system for the CA position from hourly pay to a yearly $10,000 stipend, and is the latest escalation in K-SWOC’s two-year campaign to gain union recognition.
This most recent work stoppage is the second K-SWOC strike in recent weeks, following a one-day strike of over 200 students on March 3, the largest undergraduate worker strike in history, held to support the Kenyon farmers after the College’s decision to end the Farm’s signature residential program. On Tuesday, the Kenyon farmers sent an all-student email to the Kenyon community announcing their support for the CAs.
On April 11, K-SWOC issued a press release announcing the strike, saying that the CAs were protesting alleged retaliatory changes to the CA position made by the College earlier this year. On Sunday, just hours before the strike began, the CAs filed a ULP Charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 08.
In Monday’s press release, K-SWOC and the CAs alleged that the switch from an hourly pay structure to a yearly stipend constituted retaliation against student workers for continued...
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