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Iowa College Challenges Vote To Expand Student Workers Union

Published December 13, 2018 at 1:40 PM EST
Students at Grinnell College in Iowa hold a protest on Dec. 7 in support of expanding the student-workers union. (Courtesy of Paul Chan Htoo Sang/Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers)
Students at Grinnell College in Iowa hold a protest on Dec. 7 in support of expanding the student-workers union. (Courtesy of Paul Chan Htoo Sang/Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers)

Students at Iowa’s Grinnell College formed the only independent union of undergraduate student workers in the country back in 2016. Students recently voted to expand the union to all student workers on campus, and now the college is trying to limit who can join.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with Raynard Kington, president of Grinnell College, and Quinn Ercolani (@QuinnErcolani), president of the Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers.

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