Back in August, Maximillian Alvarez published an interview with Jay, a rail dispatcher who painted a hypothetical scenario: A train with hazardous materials derails near a small town and leaks chlorine. Here is the 8-min segment, broken up into 4 parts cc: 𝐉𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐎𝐑 ☭🇵🇸

Since the beginning of negotiations, we had an open and democratic process with members where members decide how the union moves forward. The strike is not over until members ratify a new contract. More information to come tomorrow. #tugsastrike

Today, TUGSA members finished voting on the Tentative Agreement reached with Temple University on Friday. Membership voted over 92% to REJECT the agreement with over 83% of the membership voting. As a result, the strike will continue. We are ready to bargain tomorrow. A 🧵 (1/8)

Tyler School of Art MFA Alumna & Adjunct Faculty Educator Katie Garth shared with us the inspiration behind her set of risograph prints created in support of the #TUGSAstrike ✊💚🎨 #TempleUnionMade #respectisinmycheck

‼️Upcoming solidarity event alert‼️ Thank you to Temple Undergrad Solidarity Coalition for the incredible support and organizing this in solidarity with us! Let’s show the university that we are a community who can stand up for fair treatment for all workers! ✊#TempleUnionMade #RespectIsInMyCheck

Bella Ciao on the picket line

the rat crawled out

Today, we reached a new Tentative Agreement with Temple University. This TA reflects the incredible work of striking members over the past six weeks. It includes significant movement on all four of our core demands! Members will now vote on whether or not to ratify the TA. 🧵(1/7)

So happy for everyone in TUGSA! You created community at Temple in ways that I never experienced in my time there. Inspiring to grab a sign and join the line with you all. Congrats and solidarity ✊

NYC: Save the date! Saturday, May 13, noon! 🤩 PEN World Voices Festival w/ Anton Hur Alexa Frank @augiewatts Jenny Croft! worldvoices.pen.org/session/transl…

The 2023 Manifesto on Literary Translation is out now! Honored to have worked with an amazing group of translators to draft this statement. Please read and share! pen.org/report/transla…

It's alive! 🧌 The literary translation manifesto I helped work on for much of 2020–2022 was just published today PEN America! Please check it out & share! pen.org/report/transla…

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