As Bates College shifts back to in-person classes, it mandates mask upgrades to help thwart COVID-19.
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Colby College sees surge in COVID-19 cases as students return to campus
College reports 106 cases at its Waterville campus, including 90 students.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Bates and union organizers clash as workers prepare to vote on whether to form one of state’s biggest union locals
Bates denounces union complaints as ‘the very essence of misinformation’ after organizers say college is violating its own COVID-19 protocols.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bates College appeals federal agency’s ruling on union election
College seeks to keep faculty separate from other staff in any proposed union.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools and Education
Fearing omicron spread, Bates College imposes new COVID-19 restrictions
Bates College closes campus buildings to outsiders, shuts down in-person dining hall and more to limit threat from new variant
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Bates College workers to vote on first-of-its-kind union in January
As many as 630 educators and staff members will get the chance to decide if they want to join a union
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bates College now requires booster shots for students in a bid to keep college safer from COVID-19
Bates aims to avoid the campus closures that have hit other colleges as omicron variant takes hold.
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Booster shots encouraged but not required for Bates College students
The Lewiston college says more COVID-19 restrictions may be needed next semester, but not yet and maybe never.
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Some workers at Bates College say they don’t need a union
With tensions rising before a looming union vote, some say the college treats employees well and a union won’t help
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Honored at Bates College in 2019, a labor leader now backs unionization bid on campus
Dolores Huerta, a Medal of Freedom winner, issued an open letter throwing her support to organizers angling for a union for many of the employees at Bates College.