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LA Weekly: Pomona College Caught in ‘Wave of Anti-Immigrant Hysteria,’ Says Professor
The illegal-immigration debate is on fire at Pomona College in far-east L.A. County. “You’d think that if any place was going to be a safe haven for immigrants, it would be at colleges and universities,” says Peter Dreier, a professor at Occidental College in L.A. proper. “But that doesn’t seem to be the case at…
New York Times: After Workers Are Fired, an Immigration Debate Roils California Campus
By Jennifer Medina CLAREMONT, Calif. — The dining hall workers had been at Pomona College for years, some even decades. For a few, it was the only job they held since moving to United States. Then late last year, administrators at the college delivered letters to dozens of the longtime employees asking them to show…
The Claremont Portside: NLRB Accuses Pomona of Violating Federal Labor Law
Amid increasing labor unrest at Pomona College after it fired 17 workers last week for not having proper documents, the National Labor Relations Board has leveled charges against the College for violating federal labor law.
The Claremont Portside: 15 arrested in protest of Pomona Dining Hall Firings
At a civil disobedience action protesting yesterday’s firing of 17 Pomona dining hall workers, 15 workers, students, professors and alumni were arrested by the Claremont Police Department after blocking College Avenue this morning.
CMC Forum: Workers Fired, Protesters Arrested at Pomona College
Claremont Police arrested 17 protesters Friday morning after Pomona College dining hall workers, students, professors, and members of the Claremont community conducted a demonstration and sit-in to protest the college’s decision to terminate 17 workers who were unable to provide updated verification of their legal citizenship.
Daily Bulletin: 15 arrested at Pomona College dining hall workers protest
CLAREMONT – About 150 people joined a Pomona College dining hall workers protest Friday in which 15 participants were handcuffed and arrested.
Huffington Post: Pomona College Protest: Terminated Undocumented Workers Chant ‘We’re Here And We’re Not Leaving
Pomona College dining hall workers and their supporters conducted a sit-in Friday to protest the school’s termination of workers who cannot verify their legal citizenship. Sixteen dining hall employees were terminated, effective Friday, and instead of collecting their last paycheck, they came to work chanting “We’re here and we’re not leaving.”
Los Angeles Times: Pomona College food workers rally after documentation questioned
Pomona College dining hall workers who were asked to prove their legal authorization to work in the midst of a union organizing effort rallied at the school Wednesday.
