labor center

I recently came into contact with a friendly pink booklet that, though only forty-one pages long, offers a detailed glimpse into the history of Evergreen’s relationship to the labor movement. Page sixteen and seventeen are devoted to photographs arranged in a yearbook-like spread. Smiling faces beam up from the pages: Four women sing into microphones in front of a banner reading “Summer School for Union Women, June 1993.” Staff at an outdoor food stand offer “Solidarity Shakes” to participants at a conference.

In the Nov. 2009 issue of the CxPJ, we briefly covered the events surrounding the controversial audit of the Labor Center. For those who aren’t up to date on what’s been going on, here is a quick run-down of events: