Category: Campaigns

GSU Stands in Solidarity with University of Puerto Rico Student and Faculty Members on strike

May 2, 2017

Graduate Students United at the University of Chicago (AFT/AAUP) stands in solidarity with striking student and faculty members across the University of Puerto Rico system as they fight against austerity measures that threaten access to public and high-quality higher education in the island. … More GSU Stands in Solidarity with University of Puerto Rico Student and Faculty Members on strike

We Stand Together with the Students, Faculty, and Staff of Central European University (Budapest, Hungary)

May 2, 2017

Graduate Students United at the University of Chicago (AFT/AAUP) stand in solidarity with the staff, students, and faculty of Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, against efforts by the Fidesz government to close the university. … More We Stand Together with the Students, Faculty, and Staff of Central European University (Budapest, Hungary)

We Are Workers!

March 30, 2017

We all have different reasons for wanting our labour to be recognized as such, and for wanting a democratic, equitable workplace. Join us, and sign an authorization card today!

Resolution in Solidarity with the Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties on Strike

October 21, 2016

Resolution in Solidarity with the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties on Strike [Passed at the Fall Members’ Meeting, 20th October, 2016] WHEREAS, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF-AFT), which represents faculty and coaches at Pennsylvania’s fourteen state-owned universities, has been on strike since Wednesday, October 19 after working … More Resolution in Solidarity with the Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties on Strike

Resolution in Solidarity with Harvard’s Striking Dining Hall Workers

October 21, 2016

Graduate Students United at the University of Chicago stands in solidarity with Harvard’s dining hall workers who have been on strike since October 5, and who have faced abuse and intimidation from the University administration. At Harvard, the richest institution of higher education in the world, with a $35 billion endowment and a $62 billion … More Resolution in Solidarity with Harvard’s Striking Dining Hall Workers

Resolution against the Dakota Access Pipeline

October 21, 2016

Resolution against the Dakota Access Pipeline and in Favor of a Just Transition to a Clean Energy Future [Passed at the Fall Members’ Meeting, 20th October, 2016] WHEREAS, the $3.78 Billion, 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline would carry over half a million barrels of dirty crude oil from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota, through … More Resolution against the Dakota Access Pipeline

Guide to Healthcare

September 16, 2016

GSU’s Healthcare committee had one its more active years in recent times. Following the dramatic hike in out of pocket payments (the amount one pays before the insurance kicks in) on the university insurance plan, announced just before the start of the previous academic year, many of us came together to organise against it, and … More Guide to Healthcare

NLRB (Finally) Rules: We are Workers!

August 28, 2016

Today, in a historic decision the National Labor Relations Board ruled that “student assistants working at private colleges and universities are statutory employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act.” What does this mean? This decision recognizes that as graduate students who work as teaching and research assistants at private universities we are legally entitled … More NLRB (Finally) Rules: We are Workers!

Petition: Abolish the Hours Cap for Graduate Employees

April 5, 2016

Sign this petition on our change.org platform! The cap on working hours  at the University of Chicago has become untenable for the graduate student population. While the 19.5 hour cap for graduate employees at the University of Chicago has  been in place for some time now, in August 2015 the administration began including teaching hours in … More Petition: Abolish the Hours Cap for Graduate Employees