| may 2005 |
VICTORY!!! :: working
in solidarity with UCW-CWA, PSA is able to help win
a significant pay raise for the lowest-paid UT workers.
Although it is not a complete victory, it is a significant
partial victory. And we continued to help change
the way the debate on raises is framed. This is the second
year in a row we have a achieved this type of victory
in Nashville. |
| april 4, 2005 |
UT workers speak out ::
Over 100 workers show up to show support for the 2005
Fair Raise Campaign, and to honor the legacy of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated April 1968
while supporting a strike of Tenessee public sector workers |
| march 19, 2005 |
we STILL say no to war ::
PSA turns out for the historic anti-war mobilization in
Fayetteville NC, home of Ft. Bragg. the march was led
by veterans and military families. PSA chairperson Ruba
Nuwayhid addressed a crowd of 1000s at the post-march
rally. |
| march 2005 |
PSA educates campus about fair
raise:: 1000s of students educated about 2005
Fair Raise Campaign, sign petition in support |
| summer-fall 2003 |
where's the fairness?
:: While ex-UT President John Shumaker (the
man with 26 phones!) gets a phat severance package,
UT fires UT Steamplant Employee Carl Singleton for missing
8 hours of work, for which he had a doctor's excuse. If
workers don't have a union
to stand up for their rights, who will?
|
march 5,
2003 |
Books Not Bombs march/protest
:: 400 vols holler "we don't want your daddy's war!"
:: in conjuction with nationwide campus protests
|
february 15,
2003 |
1000 stand against war at west
town mall :: PSA works in coalition with Knoxville
peace movement & others :: several million worldwide
take to streets on same day
|
february 1-2,
2003 |
PSA represents at United Students
Against Sweatshops (USAS) national conference
:: Los Angeles
|
| august-november, 2002 |
PSA conducts living wage workshops
for hundreds of students in classrooms across campus
:: public education campaign
|
july 5,
2002 |
UCW + PSA fight for back pay for
furloughed workers :: strong local news coverage
and e-mails from workers to President Shumaker help cement
win
|
june,
2002 |
United Campus Workers wins 8-month
transfer period for laid off UT van drivers and dispatchers
:: months of pressure on Phil Scheurer and Jeff Maples
|
april 23,
2001 |
PSA crashes UT's "master plan"
press conference :: merry revelers steal the
show (and media spin) with calls of "no privatization"
:: UT veep Phil Scheurer reaches for the maalox
|
april 5,
2001 |
150 rally for employee rights
in rememberance of King :: 33rd anniversary
of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. while
supporting memphis sanitation workers' strike
|
march,
2001 |
UT Faculty Senate endorses living
wage :: staff + faculty + students = power to
get things done
|
september,
2000 |
"UT workers speak out"
event :: followed by massive media blitz :: major
coverage of living wage issue in tv + print media
|
july,
2000 |
UT administration bows to pressure,
grants free hepatitus-b shots to at-risk workers
:: big win for United Campus Workers & supporters
|
march 21,
2000 |
500 march & rally for living
wage :: delegation of workers and community representatives
deliver statement to UT president :: a movement is born
|
march
20-22,
2000 |
PSA organizes National Living
Wage Conference ::
AFL-CIO secretary Richard Trumka keynotes :: UT workers
stand up and speak out about working conditions on campus
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