How Students Play a Supporting Role in Campus Labor Movements
In October, when the Harvard University dining-hall employees’ union went on strike, students joined workers with picket signs and staged a sit-in of the lobby where negotiations were taking place. And before the strike, medical students challenged Harvard’s health-care proposals for workers. After nearly three weeks on strike, the workers finally reached an agreement with Harvard administrators, and the collection of students who helped catalyze the workers’ strike joined them in calling the fight a success.