Macalester’s values of internationalism, intellectual curiosity, multiculturalism, service to society, collaborative learning and global citizenship were important to us as students and they’re important to us now as alumni. Voluntarily recognizing the Macalester Undergraduate Workers’ Union is a perfect opportunity for Macalester’s administration to actively support those values.
Seeing students organizing in response to inequality at Macalester College makes us proud to be alumni. Many of us were student workers ourselves when attending Macalester. alumni have shared powerful testimonies of their own experiences as student workers and why they support the Macalester Undergraduate Workers’ Union:
“I used to work as a Building Manager at the Campus Center. Our shifts would be canceled at the last minute and we were paid just over $9 per hour even when working into the early hours of the morning. As an international student, this was the only way I could earn money in the term time and the institution took advantage of our visa arrangements. Solidarity to all the student workers who are exploited with every hour that they work so the university with an endowment of god only how many zeros, can keep their margins high and their workforce fragile.” -Roan Ellis-O’Neill ’20
“I and so many of my friends from Macalester chose the school because we believed in things like solidarity, democracy and labor rights. I’m so proud to know that Mac students still come together to make more just working and living conditions for everyone. We all benefit from every labor victory. I hope the current administration will show respect for the tradition of students taking action at Mac by recognizing their union and bargaining in good faith.” -Chelsea Earles ’95
“I went to college at Macalester because of its values of community, justice, and civic engagement. I hope that Mac upholds these values today and voluntarily recognizes the student worker union. The Mac experience shouldn’t be reserved only for the wealthiest students, and as an alumnus, I will do what I can to support the values that informed my education. I strongly urge President Rivera and the administration to stand with your students, recognize the union and bargain in good faith. Your relationship with your alumni depends on it.” -Jake Sinderbrand ’07
We, the undersigned Macalester alumni, proudly support the formation of the Macalester Undergraduate Workers’ Union on campus and demand that the Macalester administration:
1. Voluntarily recognize the Macalester Undergraduate Workers’ Union.
2. Remain neutral during the union organizing.
3. Bargain in good faith with students to create a contract that fulfills the needs of all student workers.
Macalester alumni, if you haven’t yet signed our petition, please join us in standing with the Macalester Undergraduate Workers’ Union.
Elizabeth Abramson ’19
Laura Abril ’17
Lily Alexandroff ’21
Megan Alpert ’02
Jonathan Alvarado-Gomez ’21
Andrew Anastasi ’10
Rebecca Andrews Murtha ’16
Grace Armon ’22
Kiran Arquin ’22
Abe Asher ’20
Rachel Auerbach ’17
Zack Avre ’14
Livvie Avrick ’19
Ivy Bardaglio ’16
Helene Barhaugh ’08
Alexander Bartiromo ’16
Megan Bayles ’05
Eleanor Beaird ’19
Nicole Bednarik ’23
Candice Belanoff ’90
Keaton Belbas ’20
Perry Bellow-Handelman ’05
Carly Benusa ’23
Annie Berge Stephens ’07
Tinker Bergman-Corbet ’19
Joseph Bermas-Dawes ’17
Chuck Bernsohn ’13
Kaela Bloemendaal ’22
Eric Blom ’10
David Blomquist ’19
Thom Boik ’09
Daniel Bomberg ’16
Dylan Bontrager ’18
Allison Brady ’19
Katelyn Breen ’23
Conor Broderick ’21
Molly Brookfield ’09
Aaron Brosier ’07
Aaron Brown ’10
Alyssa Bulatek ’20
Merita Bushi ’14
Corbin C ’11
Başak Çandar ’06
Ethan Carlson ’23
Tim Carnahan ’98
Jessie Carr ’01
Hannah Carter ’16
Spencer Carter ’16
Hannah Catlin ’21
Lane Centrella ’21
Olivia Cetina ’23
Kelly Chatain ’96
Daniel Chechelnitsky ’22
Hannah Chonkan-Urow ’21
Merete Christianson ’09
Wendy Chu ’17
Colin Churchill ’19
Anni Clark ’21
Adam Clark ’21
Gabriel Cohn ’00
Jon Cole ’12
Briah Cooley ’21
Benji Cooper ’18
Cheyney Cornish ’20
Soniya Coutinho ’19
Christine Cover Ferro ’98
Dio Cramer ’19
Emilye Crosby ’87
Erika Croxton ’99
Sophie Dalsimer ’05
Nathan DaSilva ’19
Lauren Daumueller ’06
Carley Davenport ’13
Alan Davidson ’95
Erik Davis ’96
Katherine Davis-Costa ’16
Asher de Forest ’21
Romi Dehler ’14
Maitrayee Deka ’19
S. Fields Delmar ’07
Lily Denehy ’22
CJ Denney ’23
Nicole DePolo ’13
Sarah Dillard ’15
Andreanna Ditton ’96
Philippa Dobbyn ’19
Ceren Dolma ’19
Samuel Doten ’16
Soren Dudley ’16
Chelsea Earles ’95
Christina Eichorn ’11
Miriam Eide ’20
Caelin Eisenberg ’19
Roan Ellis-O’Neill ’20
Hannah Emmerich ’00
Vendela Engblom ’07
Hali Englert ’15
Isabela Escalona ’18
Gabi Estrada ’21
Heather Falk ’05
Arianna Feldman ’16
Thomas Fendt ’12
Helen Feng ’23
Reavey Fike ’16
Emma Fitzgerald ’16
Emma Foti ’18
Cassidy Foust ’15
Sophie Freedman ’21
Rose Friedman ’10
Kate Gallagher ’16
Andrew Galletti ’19
Thea Galli ’16
Paige Gallo ’17
Jeff Garcia ’14
Erin Garnaas-Holmes ’09
Georgia Gempler ’17
Grace Generous ’23
Madeline Gerrard ’17
Jonah Giese ’19
Ophir Gilad ’19
Shay Gingras ’17
Sophie Gleason ’21
Richard Goedeken ’10
Eric Goldfischer ’13
Nancy Gómez ’21
Charlee Gorham ’21
Elena Gottesman ’19
Sarah Gotwals ’16
Quintin Grabowski ’23
Richard Graham ’19
Andrew Gramm ’10
Ryan Greenwood ’99
Maggie Gribben ’05
Duncan Griffin ’16
Isabell Griffith Fillipo ’19
Carolyn Guddal ’19
Abigail Gutmann-Gonzalez ’11
Maxwell Guttman ’16
Zoe Haas-Biel ’19
Catherine Hagner ’99
Miranda Harris Martinez ’18
Colin Harter ’13
Ariel Hasak-Lowy ’21
Korey Haynes ’09
Brendan Hebert ’18
Marz Heim ’17
Nancy Henly ’76
Linnea Henrikson ’22
Marco Hernandez ’19
Madeline Herrmann ’17
David Hertz ’12
Sophie Hilker ’20
Riley Hinklin ’22
John Hinshaw ’86
Mars Hohenstein ’19
Teddy Holt ’22
Sarah Holtz ’13
Charlotte Houghton ’20
Nicholas Huelster ’12
Jenna Hull ’13
Amanda Humpage ’98
Jenny Hunken ’16
Jenny Hunter ’99
Joshua Huntington ’98
Lizzie Hutchins ’16
Melissa Hysing ’01
Liz Isaac-Herzog ’16
Katie Izzo ’04
Suzanna Jack ’19
Clare Jacky ’07
Madeleine Jaffe ’17
Ari Jahiel ’19
Kyle Jason ’19
Jenna Jereb ’21
Hannah Johlas ’16
Joanne Johnsin ’16
Marie Johnson ’17
William Johnson ’13
Rachel Jones ’07
Megan Jones Arko ’96
Zahra Jumani ’23
Shruthi Kamisetty ’16
Zack Katz ’19
Sophia Kaufmann ’23
Dalir Kellett ’20
Jennie Kim ’15
Yongho Kim ’05
Jesse Kling ’17
Laura Kling ’07
Sarah Knispel ’15
Jackson Knowles ’98
Shiori Konda-Muhammad ’02
Anna Kornbluh ’99
Sarah Kraatz ’18
Scotland Kraker ’21
Nret Kramer ’96
Rebecca Krasky ’19
Taylor Laemmli ’11
Chris Larabee ’11
Brian Lee ’23
Jessie Lee-Bauder ’17
Alexander Legge ’07
Eric Lehto ’98
Georg Leidenberger ’87
Sam Leopold-Sullivan ’14
Hannah Letchinger ’12
Ben Lewis ’19
Greer Lichtenberg ’22
Sam Lieberman ’98
Rachel Liebherr ’21
Robert Lin ’17
Alison Liss ’09
Claire Looney ’17
Amanda Luker ’99
Betsy Lundsten ’94
Risa Luther ’16
Britta Lyew ’17
Erin Lynch ’18
Ellis MacMillan ’18
Leonard Madsen ’96
Karen Maeda ’12
Miriam Magaña Lopez ’14
Shannon Mahedy ’17
Charlie Mangas ’18
Zarra Marlowe ’21
Will Marsh ’23
Robert Martinez ’07
Henry McCarthy ’19
Jack McCarthy ’18
Corey McGinnis ’18
Hannah McIntire ’13
Jonathan McJunkin ’14
Heather McKerrow ’05
Dakota McKnight ’22
Liam McMahon ’20
Amy McMeeking ’16
Nell McNamara ’03
Madeline Medina ’23
Helen Meigs ’21
Jennings Mergenthal ’21
Luke Mielke ’16
Slavisa Mijatovic ’12
Rebecca Miller ’99
Phia Mitnick ’23
Mariana Montbriand ’20
Sarah Moskowitz-Gordon ’09
Jessica Muñoz ’14
Soniya Munshi ’97
Emily Muscat ’16
Sophie Nadler ’19
Ami Naff ’17
Natalia Nebel ’85
Stephanie Nelson Pagano ’07
Ngan Nguyen ’17
Olivia Nichols ’13
Noah Nieting ’17
Graciela Nira ’18
Abass Noor ’13
Halley Norman ’19
Lianna Novitz ’18
Olivia Nyman ’22
Deirdre O’Keeffe ’20
Mackenzie O’Brien ’19
Michelle O’Brien ’00
Paul O’Connell ’22
Finn Odum ’21
Grady Olson ’16
Adam Papendieck ’99
Mitchell Paquette ’16
Emily Parker ’19
Emily Parks ’08
Jacob Parsky ’19
Maria Paschke ’11
Eliza Pessereau ’19
Sydney Petersen ’19
Cynthia Phaerion ’15
Daisy Pitkin ’00
Bailey polonsky ’16
Hadley Pope ’09
Zach Popkin-Hall ’13
Jasmine Porter ’11
Vivian Powell ’23
Sita Powell ’99
Evelyn Pugh ’19
Xochitl Quiroz ’21
John Randolph ’12
John Ratz ’18
Skye Reddy ’22
Shana Redmond ’02
Caitlin Reid ’04
Caroline Rendon ’09
Sarah Richman ’16
Meridith Richmond ’12
Quinn Rivenburgh ’10
Bailey Roberts ’15
Celeste Robinson ’16
Brendan Rome ’15
Pam Rosen ’16
Melissa Rothfus ’96
Meggie Royer ’17
Stacy Rozansky ’16
Ellie Rudner ’19
Saskia Sackner-Bernstein ’22
Jamie Salmonson ’13
Emily Sames ’12
Akilah Sanders-Reed ’16
Riley Schlichte ’20
Anna Schloerb ’23
Nic Schneider ’20
E.J. Schoenborn ’17
Sophie Schwadron ’13
Joe Schweigert ’08
Abby Seeskin ’10
Maura Shramko ’06
Alec Shub ’16
Natalie Silverman ’12
Jake Sinderbrand ’07
Emma Smith ’21
Lindsey Smith ’16
Tanya Snyder ’99
Natalie Spanos ’18
Nicole Sponseller ’23
Donald Srader ’12
Sam Stein ’17
Kate Steir ’12
Maxwell Stewart ’23
Diana Stone ’19
Miriam Stoner ’18
Dameun Strange ’95
Marika Sullivan ’22
Valentia Sundell ’19
Maeve Sweeney ’23
Maya Swope ’18
Jessica Taft ’00
Pietro Tardelli Canedo ’19
Jinath Tasnim ’16
Eden Teller ’17
William Theriac ’16
Leewana Thomas ’14
Mckinley Thompson ’21
Elena Torry-Schrag ’17
Julia Turner ’16
Peter Valelly ’10
Tess Van Schepen ’16
Anna Van Sice ’16
Marta Vegdahl-Crowell ’17
Noah Velick ’23
Haley Vien ’22
Madrigal von Muchow ’19
Thomas Wakin ’16
Richard Walker ’22
Stela Wang ’19
John Wang ’12
Neil Wehrle ’19
Josh Weiner ’16
Addy Welch ’21
Michael Wells ’20
Jonah Wexler ’23
Clark Wiegman ’83
Elsa Wiehe ’99
Noah Wilkerson ’20
Cass Wilkinson Saldana ’11
Meghan Wilson ’12
Judith Wodzak ’15
Aaron Woida ’22
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Jospeh • Feb 27, 2024 at 9:16 pm
And tuition goes up…. again.