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Labor

March 28, 2026

REINSTALAR ROLO: “Estamos bien. Estamos luchando. Yo voy a regresar, foo.”

Araiza tenía 15 años cuando empezó a trabajar para los comedores de Pomona College. Está listo para luchar por su comunidad

Labor

RE-INSTATE ROLO: “We’re good. We’re fighting. I’m going to come back foo.”

Araiza was 15 when he started working for Pomona dining halls. He’s ready to fight for his community

Labor

February 24, 2026

Pomona dining hall workers and students delegate to Assistant Vice President of HR to demand rehiring of Rolo Araiza

After Rolo Arazia was fired on Jan. 29 workers and students delegated and handed a petition to Pomona's Assistant Vice President of HR to demand his rehiring.

Labor

November 4, 2025

Meet El Puestesito: a mutual aid project by the nieces and nephews of Job Garcia

Garcia and his niece and nephew created El Puestesito as a mutual aid project to support street vendors in LA after ICE abducted Garcia last summer.

Labor

October 16, 2025

Starbucks Off Pomona campaign protests Starbucks at Cafe 47 which escalates as national strike continues

CSWA, Starbucks Workers United, Students Against Starbucks, Claremont Colleges Prison Abolition Collective, and The Motley host teach-in on Pomona’s new contract with Starbucks and Nestlé.

Labor

October 2, 2025

Pomona Economic Opportunity Center hosts rapid response training amid an increase in ICE raids

Four speakers from the PEOC hosted a rapid response training to explain how students can identify and respond to ICE on and off-campus.

Labor

April 29, 2025

REHIRE ADAN WIN: A retrospective on the semester long campaign

After a year of student and worker organizing, delegations and boycotts, Pitzer administration agreed to rehire Adan Campos.

Labor

March 9, 2025

“We won”: Adan Campos and CSWA celebrate rehiring contract at Grove House party

The win comes after a year of student and worker organizing for Campos to be rehired after Pitzer fired him from his position due to his DACA work authorization being expired.

Labor

February 24, 2025

UNION VICTORY: Student workers unanimously vote to join existing Pomona dining workers’ union

Workers from the Coop Fountain, Cafe 47 and Milk & Honey voted to join the dining hall workers union, allowing student workers and dining hall staff to bargain for better working conditions and benefits under the same contract.

Labor

February 19, 2025

Students delegate to Pitzer Trustees to demand rehiring of Adan Campos and protection for immigrant workers

In their fifth delegation to Pitzer administrators, students from the Claremont Student Worker Alliance demanded the rehiring of fired DACAmented dining hall worker Adan Campos.

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Issue 1 / Spring 2023

Setting the Standard

How Pomona workers won a historic $25 minimum wage; a new union in Claremont; Tony Hoang on organizing

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