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Support for International Students

By NUGW | Dec 19, 2022

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…

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Fight for professional standards in labs & classrooms

By Communications Committee | Dec 12, 2022

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…

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Is our pay competitive at NU?

By Communications Committee | Dec 6, 2022

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…

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By NUGW | Oct 6, 2022

NUGW Launches Union Drive with UE Today, October 6th is the official start of NUGW’s drive to form a legally recognized union of graduate employees. Hundreds of graduate workers are coming together at noon on Deering Meadow to fight for More Pay & More Say. Northwestern graduate workers are organizing to make sure that we…

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Survey on Graduate Needs

By NUGW | Apr 4, 2022

A crucial survey for assessing graduate student needs, organizing goals, and support for a legally recognized union at Northwestern.

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2021 University Finances

By NUGW | Feb 4, 2022

NUGW shares this year’s annual report on Northwestern’s finances.

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Fall 2021 Statement On Protests, The Rock, & Admin Messaging

By NUGW | Nov 23, 2021

In early November 2021, writing on the Rock celebrating Native American Heritage Month was vandalized. Shortly thereafter, student activists stormed Ryan Field during a football game to protest the university’s harmful investments. Guess which one was condemned by the administration? This statement was jointly written by NUGW members in order to contextualize emails the Northwestern…

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New Op-Ed on President-Elect Blank

By NUGW | Oct 29, 2021

Northwestern Graduate Workers have published an op-ed in The Daily expressing concerns about incoming president Rebecca Blank. You can read the Op-Ed in The Daily Northwestern. For questions, please email us at nugraduateworkers@gmail.com

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University Finances

By NUGW | Jan 7, 2021

Here you will find NUGW’s 2020 analysis of Northwestern’s finances. You can download our full, updated report, as well as the financial data used for analysis, below. Included within, you will find: Facts about NU’s finances and what these numbers mean for our demands. Data analysis of NU’s finances according to economic principles of management…

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