Members of the Pomona College Board of Trustees held a series of three meetings with faculty, current and former dining services employees, and students on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the recent employment authorization reviews that resulted in the termination of 17 college employees on Dec....
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In a show of opposition to Pomona College’s decision to terminate 17 employees who could not verify their employment documentation before yesterday’s 5 p.m. deadline, 15 supporters of the terminated employees were arrested for refusing to move from the middle of an intersection this morning. The...
Read moreThe following letter was sent to the Pomona College community on Dec. 6 on behalf of Sidley Austin LLP, which has been providing legal counsel to Pomona College and the Board of Trustees throughout the employment authorization review process that resulted in the termination of 17 Pomona College...
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Pomona College fired 17 staff members yesterday, after those employees were unable to meet the college’s deadline for submitting updated work authorization documents. The terminations, which most directly affected dining services employees, marked the end of a three-week verification process that...
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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) informed Pomona College this week that it will issue a formal complaint over two claims associated with unfair labor practice charges that were made on behalf of workers in Pomona's dining halls earlier this semester, according to a statement issued by...
Read moreMembers of the Pomona College Board of Trustees held a series of three meetings with faculty, current and former dining services employees, and students on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the recent employment authorization reviews that resulted in the termination of 17 college employees on Dec.... (read more)
In a show of opposition to Pomona College’s decision to terminate 17 employees who could not verify their employment documentation before yesterday’s 5 p.m. deadline, 15 supporters of the terminated employees were arrested for refusing to move from the middle of an intersection this morning. The... (read more)
Some Pomona students encountered problems while registering for courses two weeks ago as a large number of students using the MyPomona portal overloaded the system. Pomona's Information Technology Services (ITS) received complaints from students who tried searching for courses, only to find that... (read more)
In light of a competitive job market in the current recession, Pomona College’s Career Development Office (CDO) is making an extra effort to equip graduates with tools to succeed in what can feel like a grim post-graduation future.In response to a report published last May by a Task Force made up... (read more)
Not All Status Updates Are Created Equal After approving the minutes from last week’s meeting, President Nate Brown ’12 gave the floor to various committee heads to present updates on their progress. Senior Class President Carrie Henderson ’12 misheard Brown and thought he had asked her to update... (read more)