Amy C. Offner and Emily Steinlight | Faculty should not participate in Penn’s anti-union campaigns
(08/31/23 5:38am)
Today, two union organizing drives are underway at Penn: one among resident advisors in the dorms, and another among research and teaching assistants. These campaigns follow successful unionization drives by Penn Medicine housestaff, now organized in CIR/SEIU, and Penn Museum Workers United, now members of AFSCME DC 47. Unionization at Penn is a hopeful sign of the times: after decades of attacks on unions and an attendant rise in economic inequality, young workers nationwide are exercising their legal right to organize, and public support for unions has reached historic heights.