Posts Tagged ‘PhD Union’
June 5th Bargaining Update
Our First Bargaining Session! June 5th, 2023 TLDR: The bargaining train has left the station day one of bargaining is complete! We gave admin our language proposals which you can view in the live bargaining tracker. We have scheduled 5 more bargaining dates from June – August. For a detailed update and to help strategize next…
Read MoreA majority of grad workers have pledged to vote YES!
More than 1600 graduate workers at Northwestern University have pledged to vote yes in our union election. The MAJORITY of graduate workers at Northwestern are saying a resolute YES TO OUR UNION! We are voting YES because we deserve: Competitive Pay through Graduation Day Comprehensive Healthcare Support for International Students Professional Standards in Labs…
Read MoreComprehensive Healthcare
Happy Holidays to those who celebrated last week, or continue to celebrate this week. If you haven’t heard the news, our union election will take place in just a few weeks on January 10th and 11th! If you haven’t yet, take a minute to look up where your polling place will be and what times…
Read MoreElection FAQ
NUGW Union Election Basics We are having an election to ratify our Union and secure our collective power! Come out and Vote YES for NUGW-UE on Jan 10 and Jan 11, 2023! This is our chance to secure our collective power and earn real wins for grad workers! Voting times and locations depend on your…
Read MoreSupport for International Students
Together we sent a powerful message of solidarity and unity by having a supermajority of 2000+ graduate workers sign cards authorizing a union election in under one month! Our colleagues, friends, and coworkers called in a united voice for an election, and we have earned that election. Now every grad worker has a chance to…
Read MoreFight for professional standards in labs & classrooms
You all should know how truly astounding it is that 2000+ of us signed cards authorizing a union election in under one month. Now, in two weeks almost 1000 of us have already pledged to vote YES on election day. We are the third largest union filing in the country in 2022, only trailing our…
Read MoreIs our pay competitive at NU?
In just one month, a supermajority of over 2000 graduate workers across all departments and schools at Northwestern signed their union cards and made it clear that YES we want a graduate student union. Now, we are standing together as we prepare to vote YES when the union election day comes. We’ll soon have more…
Read MoreFall GMM-2 (Thursday Dec 01)
Your commitment has made our card campaign a resounding success – thanks to you we are ahead of schedule! With a union election to vote YES on NUGW on the horizon, it is more important than ever to keep membership informed, so we are having a second General Member Meeting (GMM) this quarter to provide…
Read MoreGraduate Needs Survey Results Webinar (Thursday, June 16th)
The survey is closed and the results are in! Join us on Thursday, June 16th at 12pm CT to learn about what graduate students shared in the survey. Register here to attend The survey analysis team will be presenting a deep dive into survey results from almost 2,000 responses. Attend to find out how graduate…
Read MoreBuilding Trust through Solidarity (Thursday, May 19th)
Our struggles are interconnected, and unionization will demand the equity and inclusion that you want at Northwestern. Your friends in the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) working group are hosting a community-building event, building connections across communities and helping everyone’s full personhood feel welcomed. The event will be Thursday, May 19th from 6-7:30pm…
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