Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) Connects College Campuses to Union Movement

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Tuesday February 01, 2011 · 9:46 AM PST

2011/02/01 · 09:46

AFL-CIO Media Outreach fellow Jennifer Angarita joins Chris Hicks, Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) coordinator, to discuss the parallels between campus and community organizing.

Founded in 1999 as a joint initiative between Jobs with Justice and the United States Student Association, the Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) engages student activists with economic justice campaigns in their communities and campuses.

Across the country, students in local SLAP chapters meet to organize around issues that affect both students and workers. Currently, campuses are working together to campaign against crippling state budget cuts that threaten the layoffs of thousands of workers and increase fee tuition, which leave students with astronomical amounts of debt.

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