Dear members,

Our $45,000/year minimum stipend is an emerging industry standard that reflects the real value of our work. For context, next year, Brown, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, and MIT will pay their graduate workers at least $45,699, $48,330, $47,100, $47,880 and $49,600, respectively. We're simply asking UChicago to keep up if it wishes to remain competitive. 

The University prides itself on being a place of “field-defining scholarship,” “transformative education,” and “world-changing ideas” – yet it continues to underpay and undervalue the thousands of graduate workers that make its renowned classrooms and laboratories what they are. Too many of our members are one medical, dental, or personal emergency away from  financial disaster–is this really how an intellectual community sustains itself? 

The University hasn't even reached an agreement with us on non-discrimination yet! Who would want to join a workplace that refuses to commit to not discriminating against its employees? 

We won’t let the University undermine our value to this institution. We’re fighting for wages and benefits that reflect what graduate workers–what you–deserve. And we won’t stop until we win! Add our next General Membership Meeting on January 9, 2024 to your calendar, and bring a coworker to discuss how we can secure the best contract possible!