Citing a U.S. State Department report, members of Cornell’s Organization for Labor Action organized a teach-in at Ives Hall on Monday to urge the University to stengthen its employment practices in Qatar.

As a Cornell Dining worker and a UAW Local 2300 steward, I witness the economic difficulties that Cornell employees endure every day, every year. Local 2300 is the union of Cornell dining, janitorial, maintenance and grounds workers. We clean your dorms, cook your food, keep your classrooms functioning and maintain the quads and sidewalks. We are an integral part of the University, working hard every day to ensure Cornell can operate. Yet many of us don’t earn a living wage and cannot keep ourselves and our families out of poverty.