Category: Solidarity

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)

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

Solidarity Statement: We Stand Together With University of Missouri-Columbia Graduate Employees

October 29, 2015

Graduate Students United at the University of Chicago stands in solidarity with University of Missouri-Columbia graduate employees who have stated their intention to unionize. The struggle came on the heels of a battle over healthcare access earlier this year. Citing changes in federal law related to the Affordable Care Act, the university abruptly ended its … More Solidarity Statement: We Stand Together With University of Missouri-Columbia Graduate Employees

We Are Workers

September 25, 2015

Stay tuned for solidarity action on October 15 among graduate workers at private universities across the nation. GSU’s media outlets and the We Are Workers website will keep you posted on upcoming events on campus, in Chicago, and beyond.

UChicago Admin and Trustees Off Mission, Unaccountable

April 21, 2015

A guest post from David Mihalyfy, a GSU member and Ph.D. candidate in the Divinity School: Because of references I’ve made in my past two Jacobin articles and will make in an upcoming editorial, as well as its relevance to our campus’s sometimes unwelcoming climate and Provost Isaac’s recently announced budget cuts to “control… administrative … More UChicago Admin and Trustees Off Mission, Unaccountable

Ferguson and Its Afterlives: February 10th

February 1, 2015

Please join us for “Ferguson and Its Afterlives,” a GSU-sponsored roundtable on solidarity, alliance and organization in the wake of #BlackLivesMatter, to be held next Tuesday, February 10th, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the University Church, 5655 South University Avenue. Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP at our Facebook event and share widely!