Jose Calderon

Pitzer College

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Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Chicano-Latino Studies at Pitzer College, which is part of the Claremont Colleges consortium

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The quiet campus of Pomona College in Claremont is embroiled in an angry dispute over the firing of kitchen workers found to lack proof of legal documentation.

Worker Firings Inflame Pomona College Campus

The quiet campus of Pomona College in Claremont is embroiled in an angry dispute over the firing of kitchen workers found to lack proof of legal documentation.

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