# Rally
RA union leads protest on academic quad, calls for university recognition
Resident assistants rally outside Ballou Hall on Nov. 14.(Aaron Gruen / The Tufts Daily) A group of Tufts resident assistants who have collectively organized to form a union — citing no wages, limited benefits and ambiguous contracts among other factors — held a protest on the academic quad on Nov. 14, calling for the university to voluntarily recognize their union. Students gathered outside Packard Hall and then marched to Ballou, where they delivered a petition with 1,000 signatures to university administrators.
Families face eviction from property near GLX
A row of Somerville houses is pictured on Oct. 5.(Natalie Brownsell / The Tufts Daily) Five families in Somerville are facing eviction and potential displacement after their home was acquired by landlords seeking to raise rents on a property close to the Green Line Extension. The 182–184 Tremont Street home currently houses primarily Salvadoran and Haitian families, some of whom have lived there for more than 25 years.
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