Joe Biden vowed to be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.” But after Biden helped impose a contract on railroad workers that four unions had rejected, many labor activists and scholars have begun to ask: How supportive is the president, really?
If McDonald’s is a real estate company that sells hamburgers, the U.C. system is a real estate company that sells degrees. Grad students are striking not least so they can afford to live where they work.