Miriam Shestack is a Spring 2015 In These Times editorial intern. She is a senior at the University of Chicago majoring in history and a member of Students Organizing United with Labor, an affiliate of United Students Against Sweatshops.
Labor
We Need Domestic and International Regulations to Prevent Corporations from Fleeing Overseas
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Students Protest University of Chicago Budget Cuts, Say Admin Is “Acting Like a Corporation”
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Labor
University of Chicago Nurses Narrowly Avert Strike, Claim Victory Against Hospital
Labor
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