A large group of first-year American University students walked out of a welcoming ceremony on campus Friday as a days-long strike by a staff union intensified.
Monday after negotiations to reach a labor agreement with the university failed. Staff members are asking for increased wages and better benefits.“We respect the rights of our community members to strike and to voice their opinions,” a university spokesman said in a statement. “As President Burwell said in her Convocation remarks, these situations are examples of how important it is to not only have passion, but also to listen to all sides, consider the facts, and think through impacts.
While parents and new students unloaded dorm supplies from cars on Friday at the campus, protesters pumped signs and shouted slogans such as, “We love our students! We need fair pay!” Bennett Lane, an 18-year-old from Denver, said he and other students walked out of the convocation — a welcoming ceremony — just as Burwell was about to speak. “I support faculty, and I support unions,” Lane said.
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