Student Organizing Bids on Campus Seed New Labor Generation (1)

An undergraduate student unionization vote at the University of Oregon next month is among the latest signs of a growing labor movement in higher education that promises to echo in the professional workforce.

The Oregon students will vote on whether to form what would be the largest US undergraduate worker union. Undergraduates at the California State University system could go even bigger if the state labor agency approves a pending election bid.

Student organizing on college campuses could affect workplaces for years to come. Students are gaining direct experience with acting collectively, asserting labor law rights, bargaining with employers, and ...