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Words cannot describe how jealous me, and my iced coffee are.
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Accepting it now will make life easier, just trust us on this one.
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"Not to brag or anything, but my NFT collection is worth over 30 grand."
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No hashtags, this was meant for you. Also, you might want to stock up on pepto bismol
Alba's Story.
So honored to have teamed up with the Justice for AU Workers Coalition to help share the story of Alba Vigil. Make sure to attend the Hold ARAMARK Accountable Rally tomorrow at 11:50 AM on the L/A Quad!
To the workers and custodians at AU:
We're thankful for you.
We hear you.
And we're fighting for you.
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AU Worker's Rights Activist Arrested Today
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He’s a familiar face around campus – you’ve probably seen him handing out flyers about inequality among American University workers. Jim McCabe, a former employee of American University for over a decade, is a friendly face to many students, including the members of the Student Worker’s Alliance and Exploited WONK.
Today, around 1:15 P.M. in the Mary Graydon Center, McCabe was arrested after protesting the university’s mistreatment of food workers.
Although McCabe has protested on campus in the past, today was the first time he went directly into TDR. Even as the police escorted McCabe out of MGC, he continued to vocalize that his arrest was a response to his protests, observed sophomore Sydney Salazar, one of many eyewitnesses to the scene.
Although this issue just intensified, it is far from new. For the past year, McCabe and other AU students have been demanding equal treatment for employees of Aramark. McCabe worked for the Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning and is a pioneer for student activism on campus. Most recently, this student activism manifested itself when the administration came under fire for not alerting the community of the death of a beloved employee, Tijuana.
The university finally released a statement after the problem was called out by student Carlos Vera, founder of the Exploited WONK group. This group, along with the Student Worker’s Alliance and Decency at AU (started by McCabe), strives to alert the student body of the injustices happening among AU employees.
Of these injustices, cuts in weekly hours have the most detrimental effect.
One worker had her hours cut from 30 to 16, according to Vera. Once a worker’s hours fall below 30, issues arise with how much money is being given to the workers’ retirement funds. Not to mention the significant decrease in income.
Vera added that he believes the money for the $10 million re