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PRESS FROM THE 2006 STUDENT LABOR WEEK OF ACTION

April 24

UVM student activists, faculty respond to last week's eviction of demonstrators from UVM Green
Burlington free Press

April 22

Hunger strike ends; dispute lingers
Miami Herald

April 15

Police order student protesters off UVM Green
Boston Globe (AP)

April 11

Students protesting UC apparel arrested
San Francisco Chronicle

April 7

McDonalds Protest
Austin Chronicle

April 5

Group Protests Coke Contest
The Harvard Crimson

Report from the Field: AFL-CIO Organizing Director on SLAP Week
AFL-CIO Blog

April 4

Check Out Tom Morello—Live and Via PSA
AFL-CIO Blog

There Is No Anti-Coke Movement
UConn Daily Campus, CT 

Laborers start week of protests against McDonald's
ZNet, MA

Farm Workers Target McDonald's, Suppliers Over Wages
OneWorld US, DC

Janitors stage protest over pay
Miami Herald, FL

Student Respect Is Key to Living Wage Effort
Georgetown University The Hoya, DC

Board stymies CLEA request
Brattleboro Reformer,  VT

From the Daily: Coleman: Get some SOLE
Michigan Daily, MI

April 3

U must take a hint from Macalester
Minnesota Daily, MN

April 2

Companies pay heed to farm workers' needs
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL

McDonald’s becomes flash point in wages debate
The Olympian, WA

April 1

McDonald's Faces Protests Over Farm Wages
CBS News

Florida Tomato Pickers March On Chicago McDonalds
CBS 4, FL

March 31

Honor the Hand That Harvests Your Crop
AlterNet, CA

UVM rallies for better pay
BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT 

Students strut for labor rights
The Daily Trojan, U. of S. CA

Former Clinton Health Chief Forced to Support Immigrant Rights
Pacific News Service, CA

Sweatshop protesters denied meeting
Digital Collegian, Penn State

March 30

Lawrence datebook
Lawrence Journal World, KS

Students lead McDonald’s protest
Western Herald, MI

March 29

Fashionably aware at FU
Fairfield Mirror, CT

Students push for higher wages for campus food workers
Web Devil, AZ

UM students stage sit-in to support unionization effort for janitors
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

March 28

Civil Disobedience Continues On UM Campus
CBS 4 Miami video

Striking UM janitors invisible no longer
Miami Herald, FL 

University Of Miami Students Join Janitors In Protest
Click10.com, FL

Miami Students Hold Sit-In To Support Striking Janitors
NBC6.net, FL 

UM students stage sit-in to support janitors
The News-Press, FL

Miami students hold sit-in to support striking janitors
Boston Globe, United States

Protest by immigrant workers finds support from students
South End, MI

UM students end their protest
Miami Herald, FL 

Student strike lasts into night
Miami Herald, FL

Pausing to refresh as protests pop
Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH

Viewpoint: Walk a mile in different shoes
Michigan Daily, MI

Farmworkers group takes on McDonald's
Naples Daily News (subscription), FL

Students disrobe in protest
Penn State Digital Collegian, PA

Talking tough in the buff
Centre Daily, PA

News in brief from central Pennsylvania
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA

March 27

College Considers Coca-Cola Ban
WSBtv.com, GA

Campus Crusade Against Coke Continues
Human Events

Macalester College considers joining Coke boycott
KARE, MN

March 26

UPDATE: After Forsaking Food to Increase Workers' Wages, GU Students See Victory as Hollow
Washington Post