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Residents and fellows felt like they were underpaid and overworked.
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They are demanding better staffing and safer practices.
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The staffers want better wages and working conditions.
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Full-time faculty have now secured collective bargaining rights at all but five of the state’s 16 community colleges.
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A contingent of nurses filed a petition with the federal government.
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Longshoremen along the East and Gulf Coast are picketing for higher wages and limits on automation.
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Workers at nine colleges will see boosted wages and heat safety standards after years of advocacy.
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Employees say low pay and long hours are driving factors.
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The new contract boosts yearly wages, offers free transit passes and extends benefits to parents.
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Members of Teachers and Researchers United, the graduate student union, say they’ve been negotiating with the university for nine months — and are still facing barriers.