Still, today’s college students are working to both decrease their student loan burdens and afford food, housing, and other necessities. According to a 2018 study by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, nearly 70% of college students are currently employed. Photo courtesy of Union of Grinnell Student Dining WorkersThis April, the Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers became the country’s first campuswide undergraduate union to win legal recognition. Labor policy’s exclusion of college students exacerbates students’ struggles for their labor rights to be recognized on campus. On April 26, Grinnell student organizers celebrated a successful vote, becoming the country’s first campuswide undergraduate union.