Today, March 4th, students and workers wake up to prepare for rallies, walkouts, call in days and many more activities during the National Day to Defend Education and the Jobs with Justice national week of action to save and create jobs .
Students and workers are tired of having the federal and state budgets balanced on their backs and are standing up to these atrocities. Today, we will stand up to demand full funding of higher education, a stop to the corporatization of education, proportionate representation on university decision -making bodies, and good union jobs in our schools. We will demonstrate that students and workers will not stand on the sidelines as education become a privilege available only to the few and while jobs are lost because of state budget cuts and the inaction in the federal government to pass student aid reform.
We are fighting these cuts now, but we also know that we need to look at the root problem and seek ways to fund the public sector through revenue reform and change the ways that corporations continue profiting from our labor without giving back to our communities.
For now we can support these local actions by finding and attending an event near you.
Can’t get to an action today? Support the efforts of students and workers at Eckerd College who are trying to press for living wages on campus and gain a voice in the decision-making process of their school.
You can call Eckerd college and ask for a voice for students in the decision-making process of the university and good working conditions and living wages for all workers. Call Office of the President – President Donald Eastman (727) 864-8211 and the Office of Student Affairs – Dean of Students James Annarelli (727) 864-8421.
As these actions take place and we become part of a larger student movement, we shall look foward and see the upcoming opportunities such as the National Student Labor Week of Action to continue pressuring our administrators and legislator to agree to our demands of justice in our universtities and communities.
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