Email Updates
Bylaws Ratified, International GSW Legal Fund Established, Membership Deadline April 10th
My name is Megan, and I’m a PhD Candidate in Chemistry, helping out with our union and serving as our union’s interim Financial Secretary. I’m emailing to let you know that our first-ever union bylaws have been ratified by membership after a week-long membership vote,...
Bylaws Amendments + Upcoming Membership Meeting
This is Maggie from Sociology, also the interim President of our union. I’m writing with a couple of important union bylaws updates in advance of this week’s Monthly Membership Meeting. 10 bylaws amendments were submitted to review during the next Monthly Membership...
Monthly Membership Meeting coming up Thursday, February 29th at 5:30pm, bylaws process almost complete
My name is Maggie, I’m a PhD Candidate in Sociology and I’m the interim President of our union. I’m reaching out to pass along the latest draft of the Local Union bylaws, which have been updated after receiving a round of member feedback. SIGN UP FOR MEMBERSHIP HERE...
Local Union Bylaws First Draft
My name is Maile McCann, I’m a PhD Candidate in Civil Engineering and also the interim Recording Secretary of our Local Union. I’m emailing you to send along a first draft of our Local Union’s bylaws. As members of a new Local Union within the United Auto Workers...
Enforcing Our Contract: New Google Drive Storage Limitation + Parking Passes
My name is Anna, and I’m a 4th year in Marine and Environmental Biology and the interim Vice President of our union. I’m emailing with a few updates related to contract enforcement. TL;DR GSWs are investigating major change to Google Drive storage capacity, may...
Monthly Membership Meeting This Thursday, 11am
My name is Megan, and I’m a 5th year in the Chemistry department, also the interim Financial Secretary of our union. I’m reaching out to remind you about the first-ever Monthly Membership Meeting, where Graduate Student Workers (GSWs) will make plans for the semester...
Happy First Day of the Spring Semester, Celebrate by Joining Your Union!
TL;DR: Sign up to become a member of our new Local Union! (Membership FAQ here) Fee remission: The union contract guarantees remission of all mandatory university fees, as well as the Student Health Insurance fee and the Dental Insurance fee. Do not pay these fees,...
Interim Union Leadership + More Details on Next Steps
My name is Maggie, and I’m a PhD Candidate in the Sociology department. I’m writing with an update on interim union leadership and the path forward for contract implementation. SETTING UP OUR LOCAL UNION: Now that Graduate Student Workers (GSWs) have ratified our...
Ratification Vote Results: We Have a Contract!
My name is Maile, and I’m a PhD Candidate in the Civil Engineering department, also on the bargaining team. I’m reaching out to announce the results of the contract ratification vote. After three days of voting, Graduate Student Workers (GSWs) have voted 1,874 YES -...
Ratification Vote: Voting Yes vs. Voting No
My name is Edie Adams, and I’m a PhD Candidate in the Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture program. I’m reaching out to share some more details about what voting YES to ratify the Tentative Agreement means versus voting NO — and what factored into my...