Ashley Cai
Senior Staff WriterAshley Cai is a Senior Staff Writer from Los Altos, California covering the staff and student labor beat. She is a Brown-RISD Dual Degree studying computer science, IAPA and graphic design. She is also a member of The Herald's Tech Team.
The rise in recent undergraduate unionization efforts, at Brown and beyond
By Ashley Cai | December 6The Herald explored trends in undergraduate student worker unionization and reasons for its rapid growth.
Sunrise Brown hosts student climate activists for conference, workshops, collaboration
By Ashley Cai and Jennifer Shim | November 6Last weekend, more than 160 students from more than 40 universities across the United States and Canada convened on College Hill for the inaugural College Climate Gathering hosted by Sunrise Brown. From Nov. 3-5, participants attended workshops and panels centered around campus climate organizing and ...
Students, community members rally at State House in support of Palestine
By Ashley Cai | October 22Over 500 protestors march through downtown, call for end of U.S. aid to Israel
Brown recognizes Community Coordinators union
By Ashley Cai and Sam Levine | October 22LOCC joins TALO as second undergraduate student union on campus
Community Coordinators rally on Main Green, request voluntary recognition of proposed union
By Ashley Cai | October 3The rally follows LOCC’s press release last Friday announcing that a majority of community coordinators, live-in residential assistants employed by the University’s Office of Residential Life, intend to unionize.
TAs allege job uncertainty, reduced hours in biology course, unexpected termination in previously planned engineering course
By Ashley Cai | September 27TAs alleged job uncertainty and reduced hours in a biology course this fall, and unexpected termination in a previously planned engineering course last spring.
University raises campus-wide undergraduate TA minimum wage to $18 per hour
By Ashley Cai | September 6After negotiations between TALO and the University, undergraduate TA wages increase to $18 an hour.
CS TAs have a new union contract. What comes next?
By Ashley Cai | September 5The interim contract only lasts for the 2023-2024 academic year and is expected to be replaced by a full contract that TALO and the University will negotiate in the coming months, according to Joe Maffa ’24, a TALO organizer.
The evolution of Thayer Street, from 2000 to today
By Lizzy Zhang, Swetabh Changkakoti, Ashley Cai, Stella Chen, Neil Mehta and Rhea Rasquinha | April 23Explore business turnover on Thayer since 2000 with The Herald’s interactive timeline.
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