We started in the fall of 2022 as a group of students working to help unionize the full time Bon Appetit staff in our cafeteria by gathering student support for the effort. When the full time Bon App staff won their union in December 2023, we shifted our focus to building a union of student workers. Though our original focus was student dining hall workers, we decided we wanted to create a union that represented all student worker voices, which represent over half of our student body.Â
We decided to go public in the spring of 2024, and now we need the support of as many people as possible so that St. Olaf will:
Voluntarily recognize the student worker union
Remain neutral as students organize the union and build a strong base of support
Bargain in good faith to create a contract that fulfills the needs of all student workers on campus
Your support is crucial to building a union that works to increase our power as students so that we can advocate for our campus community and create a better workplace for everyone!