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Recent Coverage:
2020:
Senate Completes Semester-long Student Employment Review, December 10, 2020 (Kenyon Collegian)
Unions are More Important than Ever, November 12, 2020 (Kenyon Collegian)
Letter to the Editor: Addressing the State of Student Work at Kenyon, October 23, 2020 (Kenyon Collegian)
K-SWOC Meets with Campus Senate, Makes Little Headway, October 8, 2020 (Kenyon Collegian)
After Meeting, Administration Still Does Not Recognize K-SWOC, October 1, 2020 (Kenyon Collegian)
Horn Gallery Sound Technicians Laid Off Without Warning, September 24, 2020 (Kenyon Collegian)
Meet the Students Trying to Organize the First Campus-Wide Undergraduate Union, September 14, 2020 (In These Times)
Kenyon Work-Study Students Looking to Unionize, September 13, 2020 (Columbus Dispatch)
“Without Us, the School Would Fall Apart”, September 12, 2020 (Jacobin)
Sparked by Covid-19, Undergraduate Organizing May Be the Next Front in Campus Labor Relations, September 2, 2020 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Student Workers at Kenyon Announce Intent to Unionize, September 1, 2020 (Knox Pages)
Undergrad Workers Organize Wall-to-Wall at Kenyon College, August 31, 2020 (Labor Notes)
2021:
Student Worker Isn’t an Oxymoron, December 16, 2021 (In These Times)
As K-SWOC’s Legal Battle Ensues, Campus Discourse Intensifies, December 9, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
K-SWOC Delivers Letters of Support Following College Motion, December 2, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
K-SWOC Files Counter Motion Against NLRB Election Delay, November 18, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
Trustees Attend Chalmers Dedication Event, K-SWOC Holds Silent Demonstration, November 4, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
NLRB Indefinitely Postpones K-SWOC Election Hearing, November 4, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
John Ortiz '22: The Community Advisors Were Able to Demand Better Working Conditions Through Collective Action. With an Election, Other Shops Can Do the Same. November 4, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
Kenyon Might Try to Trivialize their Work, but the Kenyon Farmers are an Essential Part of Business Operations, November 4, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
Kenyon Files Motions to Dismiss and Delay K-SWOC Election, October 28, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
Letter to the Editor: Kenyon Must Allow K-SWOC to Vote, October 28, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
K-SWOC Files with NLRB for Union Certification Election, October 21, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
Kenyon Student Workers File Petition for Union Election, October 19, 2021 (Inside Higher Ed)
Kenyon College Student Workers File For NLRB Election, October 19, 2021 (Law360)
Kenyon College Students Seek Undergraduate Union Election, October 18, 2021 (Bloomberg Law)
Student Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against College, September 30, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
Horn Gallery Rehires Sound Technicians One Year After Layoffs, September 30, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
K-SWOC Files ULP Charges Against Kenyon Five Days into Strike, May 6, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
An Escalating Fight for Recognition, May 4, 2021 (Inside Higher Ed)
Letter to the Editor: Why K-SWOC is Occupying Ransom, April 29, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
As Part of Weeklong Strike, K-SWOC Occupies Ransom Hall, April 29, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
Ohio College-Student Workers Go on Historic Strike for Union Recognition, April 28, 2021 (Labor Press)
K-SWOC Asks the College for a Vote on Union Recognition, April 22, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
Kenyon Student Workers Organize, Express Frustrations, April 9, 2021 (Knox Pages)
The Pandemic has Heightened the Stakes for Graduate Student Union Negotiations Across the Country, March 30, 2021 (Columbia Spectator)
Unions on Campus: How Some Undergraduates Are Organizing During COVID-19, March 29, 2021 (Teen Vogue)
CA’s Frustrated After ResLife Suddenly Alters Hiring Process, March 25, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
K-SWOC Leads First Undergraduate Student Strike in History, March 18, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
Kenyon College Student-Workers Picket Over COVID-19 Work Restrictions, March 16, 2021 (Columbus Dispatch)
Kenyon College Students Are on Strike Today. They Want a Student-Worker Union., March 16, 2021 (Jacobin)
K-SWOC Urges Alumni Boycott, February 25, 2021 (Kenyon Collegian)
2022:
Kenyon College Student Workers Are Striking to Demand Union Recognition, April 29, 2022 (Jacobin)
Bookstore Student Workers Join K-SWOC in Indefinite Strike, April 28, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
Board of Trustees Returns to Gambier for First Time Since 2019, April 28, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
The Campus Workers Withdrawing Their Consent, April 23, 2022 (InTheseTimes)
Belabored: Abolish Student Debt, with the Debt Collective, April 22, 2022 (Dissent Magazine)
Side Gigs and Selling Plasma: Undergraduate and Graduate Workers have had Enough April 21, 2022 (TheRealNews)
NLRB Announces Hearing Date to Discuss Union’s Legal Status, April 21, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
Striking Students Share Stories of Their Paths to the Picket Line, April 21, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
Undergraduate Worker Unions Are Taking Off, April 16, 2022 (Jacobin)
Undergraduates Across the Country are Unionizing College Workforces, April 14, 2022 (CBS News)
CAs and ATs Go on Indefinite Unfair Labor Practice Strike, April 14, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
Kenyon College Residential Advisors Go On Indefinite Strike, April 12, 2022 (Inside Higher Ed)
Over 200 Student Workers Participate in One-Day ULP Strike, March 31, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
SWC’s Contract: A Win for Student Workers and the National Labor Movement, March 10, 2022 (Columbia Political Review)
Student Workers at Kenyon College Go on Strike, March 4, 2022 (Inside Higher Ed)
K-SWOC Holds Day of Action, Demands Higher Wages, March 3, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
Kenyon Farmers Host Forum to Discuss Program’s Future, February 24, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
Letter to the Editor: Provost Bowman’s Letter to the Editor Misrepresents the Farm Situation, February 17, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
Kenyon Farmers Vote Unanimously to Authorize ULP Strike, February 10, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
CAs Meet with Administrators, Agree on Tentative Deal, February 10, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
Kenyon Farmers Protest End of the Residential Program, February 3, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
Dartmouth Student Workers Call on Kenyon to Negotiate with K-SWOC, February 3, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
Kenyon’s Residential Farm Program is Integral to Campus Life, January 27, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
College Eliminates Signature Residential Program at Farm, January 27, 2022 (Kenyon Collegian)
Ohio State Student Workers Organize Protest, Call for Higher Minimum Wage, January 22, 2022 (Columbus Dispatch)