GSWOC-UAW Local 872
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We are the 3,000 grad workers of @USC , fighting together for better working conditions and a more inclusive academy.
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Join the majority! This Spring, USC grad workers are signing up to become dues-paying members of our new Local Union, UAW Local 872. Now that grad workers have our first contract, it’s time to stand together as union members. 🧵
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WE WON OUR UNION! The votes are in. By an incredible 93% margin, a vote of 1599 Yes to 122 No, USC Graduate Student Workers have voted resoundingly in favor of forming our union, GSWOC-UAW!
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We’re forming a union! Grad Student Workers at USC are coming together to win better workplace protections, wages, and benefits. Follow us for updates as we work together to build our union!
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Less than 36 hours before the strike deadline, Graduate Student Workers have a Tentative Agreement on a first contract!!! 🧵
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Today we filed for our union with supermajority support!!! Excited to continue building our union and a stronger, more equitable USC!
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⏰👀
USC administration has until November 28th to come to the table with fair offers and stop committing unfair labor practices. If they fail to do so, GSWs will strike starting Tues. 11/28. Up until then, admin has the power to agree to a fair contract and keep
@USC
running.⌛️
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USC Graduate Student Workers have officially ratified our first-ever union contract!!!
Together, we won a historic contract that sets a new standard for Graduate Student labor at USC and across the country. Today marks the start of an exciting chapter
@USC
🎉
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USC Grad Student Workers voted overwhelmingly — 95.1% — to authorize a strike.
@USC
admin knows the clock is ticking. They need to come to the table with serious proposals for a fair wage, real recourse & a strong union. Otherwise, thousands of GSWs are ready to walk off the job.
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“We are so energized by this resounding vote in favor of our union,” Stepp Mayes, a student worker in civil & environmental engineering. “The support for our union keeps growing stronger, and we will bring this solidarity & energy to the bargaining table.”
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We’re forming a union to have more accountability and more transparency. Our union election is THIS WEEK! Don’t forget to VOTE YES on Wednesday and Thursday!
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GSWOC supporting UC academic workers today!! In solidarity with
@uaw5810
@uaw2865
@sruuaw
as they strive to raise the bar for academic workers everywhere
#FairUCNow
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BINGO! USC’s latest email got us an anti-union bingo. They’re using the same old language and lies to intimidate and scare students but we are used to their games.
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Major Milestone!! A majority of Graduate Student Workers support forming our union, Grad Student Worker Organizing Committee-UAW!
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The Academic Labor Movement grows once again!
Today we delivered a petition to
@nyuniversity
President Andy Hamilton signed by a majority of contract faculty—over 500 of us from each school and department—urging the administration to agree to a fair and expeditious process to verify our majority.
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We're getting fired up and ready to VOTE! Our union election kicks off on Wednesday, February 15 at 8am!!!
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We’ve set the dates for our union election! We are so excited to get out the YES vote and win our union.
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Today, 300+ Graduate Student Workers at USC came out United for Workplace Justice! We delivered a letter signed by ~1,500 GSWs to USC Admin saying we will do whatever it takes to win real protections against harassment & discrim, support for int'l student workers, & a union shop.
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THE POLLS ARE OPEN! Our union election starts today! Info about why we're voting YES at .
Voting times and locations below.
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USC administration has until November 28th to come to the table with fair offers and stop committing unfair labor practices. If they fail to do so, GSWs will strike starting Tues. 11/28. Up until then, admin has the power to agree to a fair contract and keep
@USC
running.⌛️
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Less than a week later, we have a historic Tentative Agreement on Union Security. Together, Grad Student Workers made
@USC
reverse their right-wing position and concede.
An agency shop will ensure that GSWs have the resources to enforce our contract and build a strong union 💪
NEWS: 13 LA City Councilmembers signed onto and sent
@USC
administration letters in support of USC Graduate Student Workers.
LA City Council is united behind Graduate Student Workers as we fight for fair wages, arbitrable protections from workplace abuse, and a union shop.
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Morning vote parties off to a flying start! Earth Science…Gero…CEE…Neuroscience…Math to name a few!
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Last Chance Picket starting strong! Graduate Student Workers are picketing USC all day to tell administration: Last Chance or Lights Out!
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LA City Council member Hugo Soto-Martinez supports USC Grad Student Workers!
Grad student workers at USC are voting in a union election *this week* so they can collectively bargain for better wages, health care, protections for international students and much more.
Don't let USC's anti-union campaign dissuade you from doing the right thing - sí se puede!
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“Graduate student workers’ first contract will improve the lives of thousands of workers at USC and create a culture of accountability,” Mayes said. “This agreement marks the beginning of a stronger USC.”
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What did USC Graduate Student Workers win in the Tentative Agreement on our first-ever union contract? Buckle up for a long, non-exhaustive thread! 🧵
For more information ahead of next week's ratification vote, visit
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Graduate Student Workers are coming together to form a union so we can negotiate better pay, which enables us to focus on the research and teaching we love, rather than how we are going to make ends meet.
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Love to see it! Today, graduate student researchers and teachers at Yale filed union authorization cards with the NLRB.
Today we submitted thousands of union cards from graduate researchers and graduate and professional teachers to the regional office of the NLRB. We also visited President Peter Salovey’s office to deliver an election petition to Yale.
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The academic labor movement is growing stronger every day
Academic workers are rising up.
More than 18,000 have filed to unionize IN THREE MONTHS including:
-3400 Southern Cal grad students
-3000 Boston U grad students
-3500 Northwestern grad students
-1000 MIT grad fellows
-425 Univ. of Alaska grad students
-4000 Yale grad students
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“They’re really reminding us that we are something bigger than ourselves,” [Maggie Davis, a USC doctoral student] said of UC union members. “The momentum is really, really alive right now.”
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It's almost Voting Time!
Our union election takes place February 15-16.
Two voting locations: Wallis Annenberg Hall, Lobby (UPC) and Clinical Sciences Center, Conf. Room 250.
Voting Times: 8-11a, 12-3p, 4-7p.
Check Union YES!
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With a union, grad student workers will have the right to collectively bargain with USC administration. This gives us a democratic say in our working conditions!
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It's day 2 of our union election, and polls are OPEN! We hope everyone takes a minute to GO VOTE!!!
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Final hours to vote! Polls open again at 4 and close at 7. Woohoo!
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Union busting is disgusting!
BREAKING: Duke attys have indicated they intend to challenge the legal standing of grad workers as employees, aiming to reverse the NLRB’s 2016 Columbia decision.
@DukeU
: stop these reprehensible union-busting tactics, recognize our majority, and meet us at the bargaining table.
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And we're off! GSWOC-UAW met Tuesday for the first time with USC's bargaining team. Read the update here
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We still voting'. Polls open today at HSC and UPC til 7!
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First voters from the department of mathematics! You can even see the math!
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UC Postdocs just secured a groundbreaking victory, winning strong and enforceable protections against abusive conduct in their contract negotiations. THIS is what union power looks like💪
VICTORY ALERT 🚨 After >1 year in bargaining, Postdocs have reached a tentative agreement on our Respectful Work Environment article which makes abusive conduct/bullying a violation of our contract, allowing us to seek real recourse through our grievance procedure! (1/2)
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Thanks for all of the support from our union siblings! Let’s show these administrators that LA is a union town 🎉
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Graduate Student Workers are coming together in a union to ensure our working environment allows us to do our best work.
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USC's latest anti-union message mischaracterizes and leaves out crucial information about what it means to form a union. Be informed! Read about what USC leaves out here:
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Unfair termination should not be tolerated
An international
@BMBCaltech
graduate student has been UNFAIRLY TERMINATED after reporting years of abuse, harassment, discrimination, & research misconduct of their PI.
Over 400
@Caltech
students have signed a petition to demand the REINSTATEMENT of this graduate student.
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At the final hour, USC administration made major concessions on Wages and Nondiscrimination to avert a strike and reach a deal on a historic and industry-setting first contract for Graduate Student Workers. Together, WE WON!!!
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A union gives us more power than we have as individuals to take on the challenges we face, and make meaningful improvements in our workplaces and our lives.
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The cost-of-living crisis at USC is an urgent one. 88% of GSWs are rent-burdened, and the average GSW spends 54% of our paycheck on housing.
Graduate Student Workers are united in our demand for a fair and livable wage — and ready to walk off the job to win it.
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Thank you LA City Council member Hugo Soto-Martinez
@HugoForCD13
and Council member Curren D.Price Jr.
@CurrenDPriceJr9
for your support for USC Grad Student Workers! Read their statement here:
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Among many other major improvements to compensation, benefits, and workplace protections, the Tentative Agreement will increase the USC Graduate School minimum from $35,700 to $40,000 for the 2024-25 Academic Year, and enshrine wage increases up to 24.8% over four years 💪💪💪
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This morning, over 80 of us Graduate Student Workers packed the room while the bargaining team introduced three key equity-related articles.
We sent administration a clear message: USC GSWs are prepared to do what it takes to win a fair contract that advances equity and justice.
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Welcome back to the spring semester! We're excited about where we're headed.
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Congratulations to our union siblings up the street!!! Caltech grads and Postdocs made history 💪
We WON our union at Caltech! 🎉 Over 76% of graduate students (799/1045 voters) and 83% of postdocs (240/290 voters) voted yes.
This is the first time in academic labor history that grads and postdocs voted to unionize simultaneously.
Onward towards a better Caltech! 💪
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We're forming a union to create a community so we don’t have to face problems alone, and to gain a stronger voice at USC.
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NEWS: 13 LA City Councilmembers signed onto and sent
@USC
administration letters in support of USC Graduate Student Workers.
LA City Council is united behind Graduate Student Workers as we fight for fair wages, arbitrable protections from workplace abuse, and a union shop.
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“I’ve met people in every single department ... it’s given me a much more deep and complex understanding of how the university works,” Hirshberg said. “It also showed me that I’m not alone in the struggle, like everybody who works for the university.”
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Solidarity with Mt Sinai Postdocs, who are fighting for their first union contract!
After more than four months of bargaining,
@IcahnMountSinai
STILL won’t agree to basic rights and protections - so we spoke up to tell them
#StopTheStall
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On Monday, GSWOC members joined
@uaw2865
&
@uaw5810
in San Diego to rally in support of a UC Postdoc and two Grad Student Workers who were arrested in retaliation for exercising free speech. GSWOC stands in solidarity with our union siblings and against UC’s intimidation tactics!
Yesterday, hundreds of UAW 2865 & 5810 members from across the state gathered at the San Diego Central Courthouse to demand that UCSD drop both felony and student conduct charges against multiple workers. It is time for UC to stop the retaliation and implement our contracts.
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Congratulations Northwestern Grad Workers!!!
The initial count is in...WE WON OUR UNION!!! 93.5% yes. 1644 yes votes to 114 no votes.
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Let's gooooooooo!!!!!
Thank you so much to everyone who showed up today to our Union 101 kickoff event and card signing extravaganza!!! We had such an amazing turnout and signed *hundreds* of cards! Today was a HUGE success and we couldn’t do it without you all ❤️✊ Get hyped!
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Graduate Student Workers do critical work which powers teaching and research at USC. By forming a union we can win secure rights and protections in the workplace, and create more certainty about our futures.
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USC froze wages for multiple years in the Viterbi School of Engineering, leading to a loss in wages when adjusted for inflation.
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Congratulations Johns Hopkins Grads!!!
WE HAVE WON OUR UNION WITH 97% VOTING YES!!! 🔥🔥🔥
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UAW grad workers joined the
@WGAWest
picket line! Solidarity with the striking writers!
#WGAstrong
#WGASTRIKE
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Hey
@USC
: Graduate Student Workers have spoken: It’s time for a Strike Authorization Vote.
@uaw
@uawregion6
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Who's got the power? We've got the power!
More awesome pics from our United for Workplace Justice Rally. 📸 Juan Gonzalez Blanco
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We endorsed our Initial Bargaining Demands with strong majority support! 🎉 It’s now time to bargain for a great first contract. You can view our demands below 👇
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Union Victory: After organized academic workers rallied on campus & her union
@UAW5810
filed a grievance, the Univ of California reinstated the appointment of an international Postdoc who faced unfair termination (& losing her visa) while 7 months pregnant
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“By having a contract — something that’s legally enforceable — we’ll be able to actually give our input into our working conditions,”
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Our campaign is learning from the successes of other student employee unions. Here's a great article about
@sruuaw
, 17,000 UC Student Researchers who unionized earlier this year
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We want to be able to have a say in our working conditions! Vote Union Yes and make your voice heard.
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Congratulations Yale Grad Workers!!!!
We Won! Grad workers at Yale said overwhelmingly: UNION YES!
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Thousands of UCLA Graduate Student Workers, Postdocs, and Academic Researchers rallying for a fair contract!!!
UCLA brought the💥today with over 1,300 academic workers calling for a Strike Authorization Vote to stop UC's unlawful behavior and win fair contracts. Hey
@UCPrezDrake
are you starting to notice who runs this University?
📸 by Phil Travis
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Last week,
@USC
admin posted an Instagram story bragging about their wages proposal. A group of us Teaching Assistants got together and graded their presentation.
USC admin has given us no choice. If they want to avoid a strike they need to come to the table with a fair offer.
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NYU adjunct faculty just reached a tentative agreement on a new union contract, including significant wage increases!
With a strike threat looming and our contract expired, NYU adjuncts reached a tentative agreement with the university after fourteen hours of marathon bargaining early this morning.
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With a union, we have more protections against abuses in the workplace, and a greater network of support for Graduate Student Workers who experience harassment and abusive conduct.
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Our movement just got even stronger 💪Congratulations,
@nugradunion
!
BREAKING NEWS: A majority of graduate workers at
Northeastern University have signed cards to support our union ✊
Our union is built by us, and we can use all the help we can get:
#Northeastern
#NEU
#Union
#Solidarity
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Yongqin, an international PhD student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at USC, knows firsthand the struggles international students face when it comes to harassment and bullying on the job. 🧵
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USC admin wants to prevent GSWs from having a union shop & force us to accept a right-to-work workplace. Why? For employers like USC who have a lot of institutional power, wealth & legal resources, it's in their best interest to dilute workers’ bargaining & organizational power🧵
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Solidarity!
On August 10, we will begin voting to authorize a strike. This comes after hundreds of of postdocs
@IcahnMountSinai
and
@Columbia
joined mass meetings in support of this move. More than a year since we voted for our union, we say
#EnoughIsEnough
#FairContractNow
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“Recent contracts at other universities demonstrate that collective bargaining works,” ... “By forming a union, we are joining a nationwide movement that is already raising standards for graduate worker compensation.”
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Don’t miss this piece by the LA Times Editorial Board: “These academic workers play such a critical role and deserve to earn enough to pay for basic needs.”
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With a union, Graduate Student Workers can improve our working conditions by bargaining for greater pay, benefits, and more equitable working conditions at USC.
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Organized academic workers across the country have dramatically improved their working conditions through unionization—that's what we want to achieve by forming a union for Graduate Student Workers at USC.
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Collective bargaining gives us more power to shape our working conditions. Check out to learn more.
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Jackie Johnson is one of countless USC Graduate Student Workers (GSWs) demanding a survivor-centered grievance process and interim measures for GSWs who face harassment, discrimination, and bullying.
Together, we can win this and other big changes at the bargaining table!
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Amazing turnout (over 130 people!) at our town hall on Wednesday. Want to help win our union? → go here:
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Hear from Kayla Love, a PhD Candidate in the Chemistry Department, about why she’s fighting for arbitrable protections for Graduate Student Workers facing workplace discrimination.
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