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Sept. 27, 2023
In response to anti-Asian hate crimes, Chua turned to poetry as a sanctuary to slow down time and heal collective wounds. Chua's writing journey was influenced by many Stanford offerings, such as the creative writing program and the Spoken Word Collective.
March 12, 2020
Ethan Chua argues for more protections and benefits for Stanford service workers, particularly in light of COVID-19
By Ethan Chua
April 15, 2020
Ethan Chua of Students for Workers' Rights argues that Stanford's refusal to provide contacted workers with appropriate protection, information and pay increased their risk of exposure to COVID-19.
By Ethan Chua
March 29, 2020
Alissa Orlando and Ethan Chua push Stanford to follow the example of Harvard, MIT, Duke and other peer institutions in agreeing to continue to pay subcontracted workers during the duration of the coronavirus pandemic.
By Alissa Orlando and Ethan Chua
Aug. 20, 2020
“If Stanford respected, acknowledged, protected, and fairly compensated EVERYONE who makes the university possible (with cleaning staff literally being the most important to any chance of re-opening) then there would be no need for fundraising at all,” Sarah Goodman ’20, a member of SWR who works on the fundraiser distribution side, wrote in an email to The Daily. “This is not an unavoidable COVID impact. It’s a university policy choice.”
By Alena Zeng
April 9, 2020
Stanford is extending pay for 56 furloughed kitchen staff employed by Student Organized Services (SOS), a group of chefs and hashers serving on the Row, through May 3 and their benefits will be extended to the end of May, wrote SOS CEO Nick Peters in an email to his employees on April 2.
By Alex Tsai
July 17, 2020
Many of the service workers we organize with at Students for Workers’ Rights (SWR) are Filipino migrants, and we affirm that their individual stories and struggles must be situated within the broader frames of imperialism and capitalism. We at SWR also condemn the oppression of the Philippine labor movement by the Duterte regime, while affirming that the Philippine state’s brutal use of force is a reaction to the profound power of people’s struggle.
By Ethan Chua
March 10, 2020
Stanford Students Against War and the Multo Collective condemned Condoleezza Rice's appointment as director of the Hoover Institution in a demonstration on Monday.
Feb. 19, 2020
On Jan. 7, Stanford’s Affordability Task Force (ATF) announced a set of five new benefits to take effect in 2020 for faculty and staff, including expansions to family leave and healthcare and the creation of an employee emergency assistance fund.
By Ethan Chua
May 7, 2020
Frontline healthcare workers gathered on Thursday to protest Stanford Health Care’s “temporary workforce adjustment program,” which requires that employees choose between being furloughed, taking paid time off (PTO) or accepting a 20% pay cut.
By Kate Selig
April 3, 2020
What’s particularly unique and cruel about the COVID-19 dystopia, however, is how much of it has emerged from the very conditions that allow many of us in the Global North to live comfortable, modern lives — the conditions of global capitalism.
By Ethan Chua
March 25, 2020
While Stanford has committed to pay continuation for regular employees throughout spring quarter, this policy does not extend to the University’s contracted employees, including more than 200 custodians responsible for cleaning academic facilities employed through UG2, a national custodial service, and 56 kitchen staff employed through Student Organized Services (SOS), a group of chefs and hashers serving on the Row.
By Alex Tsai
May 6, 2020
Since March, students and faculty have voiced their concerns through petitions about topics ranging from housing to academics to workers’ rights. Here are a look at the petitions that have circulated since the beginning of March.
April 14, 2020
Following sustained activism from students, faculty, staff and alumni, Stanford is committing to pay continuation for all regular Stanford employees through June 15, the end of spring quarter.
By Patricia Wei and Camryn Pak
Feb. 24, 2020
The 22% Campaign presents a set of eight demands to Stanford, including that the University publicly release disaggregated admissions data.
By Ethan Chua
March 22, 2020
On March 16, Stanford University released its policy of pay continuation for workers whose hours would be affected by COVID-19. However, the University’s pay continuation policy contains a serious omission: It does not apply to the several hundred contracted workers who are not technically Stanford employees, yet who perform various essential functions on campus.
Feb. 27, 2020
Stanford's service workers' union and Stanford Students for Workers' Rights are pushing back against the proposed changes.
By Esha Dhawan
March 9, 2020
A student-led petition to increase wage premiums, allot additional sick leave and add more staff during the coronavirus response has garnered nearly 900 signatures.
April 2, 2020
On-campus residential programs for this summer are cancelled, and Summer Session will be online-only, Provost Persis Drell announced Thursday afternoon. The update also described steps the University is taking to address the financial challenges posed by COVID-19.
By Esha Dhawan
