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SLACtivist News Fall 2009

• A Fall Semester Full of Action!
• NEWS FROM THE FIELD
  • SLAP at University of Central Florida
  • SLAP at Temple University
  • Boston SLAP
  • UC Walkouts
• Tell Aramark and Sodexo to help stop the "harvest of shame"!
• Report back from National Student Labor Week of Action
• JwJ Economic Recovery week of action and Chicago mobilization
• USSA
• Fight for Health Care Reform on October 20th!
• Union Plus Scholarship & Contest

SLACtivist News Spring 2009

• 10th National Student Labor Week of Action a success!
• Reflections on May Day 2009
• Employee Free Choice Act Update
• Budget Campaign Update from the U.S Student Association
• The DREAM Act
• Student Farmwoker Alliance - Dining with Dignity
• Internship and Job opportunities - LOTS!
• Upcoming Summer Conferences

SLACtivist News WINTER 2009

• 10th Annual National Student Labor Week of Action - Resist and Reclaim our Future!
• Hello from Maria F. Escobar- SLAP coordinator
• Hello from our friends at USSA
• Why I care about the Employee Free Choice Act by Chris Hicks from Wichita State University
• Local SLAP Activities
• Upcoming Activities
• Internships and Scholarships
• Conferences

APRIL 2008

• Day 4 - Week of Action still going strong
• April 4th - Dream Reborn Conference
• Will you be there? National Jobs with Justice Conference and Student/Labor Issue Forum
• Seeking the Next SLAP Coordinator!

MARCH 2008 PART 2

• Our Fight, Our Right, Our Time! Students and Workers Unite for the National Student Labor Week of Action! (NSLWOA)
• May Day Weekend: Will you be there?
• Video Contest!
• Job Announcement
• Training Opportunity

MARCH 2008

• ON THE ROAD TO THE NATIONAL STUDENT LABOR WEEK OF ACTION
• There Ought to Be a Law - VIDEO CONTEST
• ACTION ALERT! Spread the petition to stop slavery in the fields of Immokalee, FL
• JOIN US for the Student Labor Strategies Forum at the Jobs with Justice National Conference
• Announcements and Upcoming Opportunities!

WINTER 2008

• STUDENT LABOR WEEK OF ACTION MARCH 28 - APRIL 4
• Victory is the word for organizers in Philadelphia
• Building a movement for worker justice in Vermont!
• Baseball's New Era Cap turns Dr. Kings Dream into a Field of Nightmares
• E. Tennessee JwJ says PAY A PENNY MORE PER POUND!
• Video Contest for Student Activists: "There Ought to be a Law"
• Catch up with us at these upcoming events
• Check out these amazing internship & scholarship opportunities that are fast approaching

SPRING 2007

• Eighth Annual Student Labor Week of Action a Huge Success!
  • Philly Students Demand Justice for Security Guards
  • After McDonald's Victory, DC Students Set Their Sights on Burger King
  • Western Mass is Alive with Student-Labor Activism!
  • Victory For Hunger Strikers At UVM
  • St. Louis Students Demand Health Care for University Employees
  • Chicago Students Come Together to SLAP Corporate Greed
• Eye on Corporate Greed
• Opportunities
  
  • Union Semester Program
  • Peacemaker Training Institute
  • Union Research Summer School

WINTER 2007

• Student Labor Week of Action March 28 - April 4, 2007
• Legislative Update: Employee Free Choice Act (from USSA)
• What is United Students Against Sweatshops up to? (from USAS)
• Did you Hear? (from LWAC)
• It's Grass Roots Baby! (from USSA)
• McDonald's Campaign Escalates (from SFA)
• Save the Date! USSA Legislative Conference & USAS Regional Conferences
• Flyer Designing Contest

WINTER 2005-2006

• SUPPORT NYU GRAD STUDENTS
• REGISTER NOW FOR USAS'S WINTER CONFERENCE
• SAVE THE DATE- IT'S THE SEVENTH ANNUAL NATIONAL STUDENT LABOR WEEK OF ACTION
• ARE YOU GOING TO BE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS SPRING?

Fall 2005

• Take Action Against Wal-Mart!
• Workers' Rights are Human Rights - December 10 International Human Rights Day
• National Take Affirmative Action Day 2005! Reclaiming Access! Our Vision... Our Campaign...

Summer 2005

• National Student Labor Week of Action Report Back
  • SLACtivists at Washington University Sit-In for Fair Wages
  • Students at UNC-Chapel Hill are Fighting Aramark's Union-Busting Efforts
  • Grad Student Employees Fight for Their Rights at U Mass
  • SLAP's "Social Security Guards" Fight Plans to Privatize
• Upcoming Student Conferences
  • National Student Labor Pre-Conference & Jobs With Justice Annual Meeting September 22-25, 2005 in St. Louis, MO
  • USSA Annual National Student Congress July 30th-August 4, 2005 in Madison, WI
  • USAS Summer Retreat August 12-14 in Chicago, IL
  • Student & Youth Encuentro August 1 - 7, 2005 Immokalee , FL
• Graduate Student Solidarity
  • Poison Ivy at the Ivy Leagues
• Access to Education
  • Proposed Cuts To Higher Education Threaten Future of Educational Access for Thousands of Students (Why You Should Care…..)
• Global Justice
  • Coca-Cola Continues to Deny Human Rights Violations
  • Universities Affiliate with the Worker's Rights Consortium
• Farm Worker Solidarity
  • Take Action Now! Demand that McDonald's Meet with Immokalee Workers and End Human Rights Abuses

Winter 2004-2005

• Gearing up for the National Student Labor Week of Action '05...
• NLRB Denies Student Workers the Right to Organize
• Can't Stop. Won't Stop. Post-Election Reflections from USSA, USAS, and SLAP
• 84,000 Students Set To Lose Pell Grant Eligibility In 2005
• Fair Labor Association Challenged Over Gilden Sweatshops
• Unionized Nike Factory in the Dominican Republic Faces Closure
• Long Island SLAP GROWs!
• Support Campus Service Workers
• Coming To a Town Near You- The Taco Bell Truth Tour!
• Betrayal at Berkeley- A Great Educational Tool for You
• Students Demand Funding For Higher Education in Response to Misleading Increases