Let’s do fast casual right
By Will Schulman | For The Pitt News
September 29, 2017
Students at Penn State one morning in 2014 were shocked to find the Chipotle in State College, Pennsylvania, closed. On the door a sign read: “Ask our corporate offices why their employees are forced to work in borderline sweatshop conditions,” followed up with “People > Profits.” Constant pr...
‘No Progress’ in NAFTA talks, Canadian labor leader says
By Josh Wingrove and Eric Martin | Bloomberg News (TNS)
September 24, 2017
The head of Canada's largest private-sector union said there's been "no progress" in North American Free Trade Agreement talks and that he expects the U.S., Mexico and Canada to eventually abandon them. The U.S. hasn't presented detailed written proposals at the third round of talks being held in...
Pitt administration comes out against grad student union
By John Hamilton / Editor-in-Chief
July 28, 2017
Speaking on behalf of the University, Pitt Provost Patricia Beeson came out against a graduate student union Thursday, claiming that a union would not be in the best interests of students. Beeson’s letter is the first direct criticism the administration has levied against the unionization efforts, which formally began in January of 2016. The University is now officially no...