Photo: Courtesy of Britt Pierro By Allegra Simpkins The Evergreen State College’s Facilities Services program is currently undergoing significant changes within its organizational structure. Many issues have arisen over the last six months, generating massive concern regarding the program’s ability to serve its employees and the campus community. This past September, the college was […]
Price Check: UFCW Grocery Workers Negotiate for Improved Contracts
Photo: Olympia Safeway manager (right) and assistant (left), by Britt Pierro By Brittanyana Pierro Union representatives from popular chain grocery stores, including Safeway, Albertsons, and Fred Meyer, have recently finished negotiations with their shared company owners Kroger and Cerberus Capital for an improved workers contract. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) represents grocery store workers all over the nation, including right […]
The Flaming Eggplant: Re-Opening on the Menu for Evergreen’s Beloved Restaurant
Photo: The Flaming Eggplant by Alice McIntyre By Allegra Simpkins A beloved Evergreen establishment, The Flaming Eggplant, will re-open its doors this coming Winter quarter, after a brief closure to implement some changes to the café. These changes are preceded by ten years of operating at a loss that ultimately generated a serious budget crisis and a debt […]
Indigenous Activists Demand Climate Action
Photo: Protesters holding sign on Capitol steps. Courtesy of Paul Chekoten By Alice McIntyre On Oct. 5, Indigenous climate activists of Washington held a rally of over 200 at the State Legislature to demand the declaration of a climate emergency. Demonstrators holding banners and signs critical of Governor Inslee’s environmental policies gathered peacefully to listen to several speakers, primarily from Indigenous […]
Evergreen Not Alone in Class(room) Struggle
Photo: “LWSD One-Day Walkout” by David Schott is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Desaturated from original and resized By Alice McIntyre Over the last year, public school teachers throughout the country have had a strike wave, with teachers’ unions taking to the picket lines coast to coast. A total of nearly 300,000 teachers took action in a series of statewide strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Arizona, […]
Amazon on Fire: Political Tension & Climate Change in Brazil
Photo: Public domain photograph of the Amazon Rainforest, created by NASA By Allegra Simpkins Media was set ablaze with commentary last month, as news of wildfires in the Amazon rainforest and other areas of South America sparked controversy among environmentalists around the world. The initial panic has calmed down, but the aftermath has many people confused about global policies surrounding wildfires, […]
Structural Issues: OSHA investigating asbestos & other safety complaints
These investigations follow a Facilities Services employee lodging a number of claims including: lack of training, exposure to numerous hazardous materials, and a “Wild West Culture” regarding accountability from the administration, safety of the employees, and ecological hazards.
Socialist Trucker Joshua Collins says Hell with Heck
By Daniel. Joshua Collins is a truck driver, a democratic socialist, a small business owner and he’s running for congress – at 26 years old. Collins is challenging incumbent representative Dennis Heck in the Democratic primary. Heck, an Evergreen grad, has represented Washington’s 10th congressional district since the state legislature […]
IWW Interrupts Trustee Meeting Union demands administrative cut at Red Square rally
By Mason Soto and Daniel. The Industrial Workers of the World South Sound General Education Union, or the GEU, held a rally on Red Square last Wednesday, May 8, in a call to re-open the pool and fund the arts department at Evergreen. Union members went to the Board of […]
Opinion: No Equity Without Transparency
If Evergreen fails to resolve its public records problem, faculty, staff, students, and every citizen of this state should strongly consider a vote of “no confidence.”