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Student Week of Action Promotes Employee Free Choice Nationwide

by Seth Michaels, Apr 6, 2009

Photo credit: Student Labor Action Project  
  Students at the University of Maine-Orono were among the hundreds taking part in a week of action supporting the Employee Free Choice Act.  
 
 

This past week, students across the country mobilized to pass the Employee Free Choice Act in the Student Labor Action Project’s annual Student Labor Week of Action.

The Week of Action commemorates the lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez and their efforts on behalf of dignity and justice for workers. Student organizations taking part included United Students Against Sweatshops and the United States Student Association.

In 28 states and the District of Columbia, hundreds of students from dozens of campuses held rallies, community service days, petition drives, educational forums and other public events to promote workers’ freedom to form unions and  bargain and to mobilize for a fair economy.

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