The Campus Living Wage Project: Interviews with Student Activists, Organizers, and Researchers on Campus Labor Rights Campaigns

Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

Students from Swarthmore College, a small liberal arts school in Pennsylvania, rallied together to advocate for a living wage. Students discuss the various ways the university attempted to derail the process, as well as the difficulties of organizing without a union presence.


Interviews:

Sam Blair -- student activist
Kae Kalwaic -- staff activist


Campaign links:
SC Living Wage and Democracy Campaign -- the Swarthmore living wage and labor rights campaign.
"Living Wage Democracy Campaign" -- good overview article on the campaign from the college paper,The Phoenix.