Support Unionization at Bates College
Bates College management
Bates College staff and faculty have had enough. Those who have kept their jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have been stretched beyond their capacity and remain at the highest risk of contracting and dying from the virus, all for wages that fail to meet the cost of living.
Back in October, organizers began a campaign to unionize 650 college employees who aren't campus safety officers, tenured or tenure-track faculty, or management. The new union would be called the Bates Educators & Staff Organization (BESO) and serve as a member organization of MESA-SEIU Local 1989.
While most colleges and universities with unionizing employees remain neutral throughout the organizing process, Bates College leadership and administrators have deliberately engaged in union-busting activities and suppression of free speech.
Every worker is first and foremost a human being deserving of respect and fair working conditions. When these are not present, we have the right to organize and demand better for ourselves.
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To Bates College management:
Bates College staff and faculty have had enough. Those who have kept their jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have been stretched beyond their capacity and remain at the highest risk of contracting and dying from the virus, all for wages that fail to meet the cost of living.
Back in October, organizers began a campaign to unionize 650 college employees who aren't campus safety officers, tenured or tenure-track faculty, or management. The new union would be called the Bates Educators & Staff Organization (BESO) and serve as a member organization of MESA-SEIU Local 1989.
While most colleges and universities with unionizing employees remain neutral throughout the organizing process, Bates College leadership and administrators have deliberately engaged in union-busting activities and suppression of free speech.
Every worker is first and foremost a human being deserving of respect and fair working conditions. When these are not present, we have the right to organize and demand better for ourselves.
Bates College management must neutral during the unionization process.