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	"author_name": "Our Revolution Ohio",
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	"title": "Kenyon Student Workers Organizing Committee",
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	"description": "This strike comes on the heels of the Kenyon College Board of Trustees’ rejection of the Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee on December 11, 2020. K-SWOC’s statement regarding the rejection notice can be found here. Student Workers at Kenyon College Vote to Authorize a One-Day Work Stoppage March 11, 2021 (Gambier, Ohio)- Student Workers at Kenyon College within the Library and Information Services (LBIS), student-run Kenyon College Farm, the Kenyon College Greenhouse, the Wright Center, and Lifeguard workplaces have voted to authorize a strike, the first known undergraduate student-labor strike in the United States. In addition to the majorities within the LBIS, Lifeguard, Kenyon Farm, Wright Center, and the Kenyon College Greenhouse, student-workers across other worksites will be participating as well in solidarity with the aforementioned workplaces. Student-workers within these shops voice frustration with the current system of student labor at Kenyon as a whole with a particular focus on the ways in which Kenyon has implemented unfair policies and practices. “I am striking because my coworkers and I should be able to expect that we get paid for our work. Something that we discuss a lot in K-SWOC is that our working conditions are our learning conditions. As long as my work gives me persistent anxiety, stress, and disrespect, I am ready to strike.” Sigal Felber ‘21, Research and Reference Intern with Library and Information Services (LBIS). “I am striking not only to protect my own interests as a farmer but to advocate for the interests of my fellow workers, workers who are not granted the same freedom and self-direction that we are able to exercise at the farm. When one group of workers move to advocate for themselves, it is crucial that all other workers move as well. Nothing can be gained without solidarity, which is why I would encourage all student workers, even those who are comfortable in their jobs and have secured benefits, to join in the strike and speak out against wage theft” Dante Kanter, ‘21, Kenyon Farmer. “Even though I have had a good experience working for Kenyon myself, plenty of my coworkers and friends have not. The fact that there are so many who feel they’ve been wronged in their workplaces says something. We’re done being walked over and forgotten in the administrative processes of our jobs. We’re finally going to speak up for ourselves - something Kenyon itself taught us to do” Maggie Foight, ‘23, Lowry Center Lifeguard. This strike comes on the heels of the Kenyon College Board of Trustees’ rejection of the Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee on December 11, 2020. K-SWOC’s statement regarding the rejection notice can be found here. K-SWOC has been working to support student-workers at Kenyon since Summer of 2020. A significant majority of student-workers across shops, including majorities in the LBIS, farm, greenhouse, the Wright Center and lifeguard shops, have signed cards with K-SWOC-UE. Send a letter to the trustees standing in support of the student workers, democracy and their right to organize.  ",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/95021fc732f78358f7d88f967214a5674a651a9d"
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