Victory for Wesleyan Janitors.

PositionUnited Student Labor Action Coalition at Wesleyan University - Brief Article

Middletown, Connecticut

Olivia deBree (holding bullhorn) is an organizer with the United Student Labor Action Coalition at Wesleyan University. She and other students demanded that the school side with campus janitors, who unionized in December to win better wages and benefits. Frustrated with the slow pace of contract negotiations, students occupied the school's admissions office for thirty-three hours in early April. University President Douglas Bennet then agreed to draft a...

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