In the Spring of 2020, the onset of the global pandemic intensified existing inequalities, but also accelerated organizing within some of the most precarious economic sectors. The neoliberal university was no exception to this general trend, and from 2020 until 2022, student workers organized for union contracts, just pandemic responses, independent arbitration for harassment and improved conditions at their workplaces. In those years, while neoliberal universities issued empty calls for “community,” and a prompt return to normalcy, student workers mobilized themselves and won unprecedented gains from their institutions, rejecting administrative pleas for the defense of the status quo. The following “Report from the Field,” details the struggle of student workers organizing from 2020 to 2022 at the University of New Mexico, the University of Michigan, New York University, and Columbia University, and offers a collectively authored reflection on the challenges, victories and future concerns of its respective movements.

2020年春季，全球大流行的爆发加剧了现有的不平等，但也加速了一些最不稳定的经济部门内部的组织。新自由主义大学也不例外，从 2020 年到 2022 年，学生工人组织起来签订工会合同，只是为了应对流行病、针对骚扰进行独立仲裁，并改善工作场所的条件。那些年里，虽然新自由主义大学发出空洞的“社区”呼吁，并迅速恢复正常，但学生工人却动员起来，从他们的机构中​​获得了前所未有的收益，拒绝了行政部门维护现状的请求。以下“实地报告”详细介绍了 2020 年至 2022 年在新墨西哥大学、密歇根大学、纽约大学和哥伦比亚大学组织的学生工人的斗争，并提供了对挑战的集体反思，其各自运动的胜利和未来的担忧。