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LA public school teachers strike

On Monday, LA public school teachers began a three-day strike as contract negotiations remain at an impasse. The 30,000 teachers, aides, bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers, and other staff are […]

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Graduate student workers at the University of Chicago vote to unionize!

After some fifteen years of fighting an organizing, University of Chicago graduate student workers have won union representation! Let’s all keep an eye out for how we can support them […]

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Notes from the March on the Boss / (Not) Graduate Council Meeting, March 15, 2023

After the GC administration canceled the March 15 Graduate Council meeting with short notice due to “space limitations,” members of the GC community still gathered in the Dining Commons at […]

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NLRB rules that MIT students who receive fellowships are not employees

The NLRB ruled, ridiculously, that MIT graduate students who do instructional and research work are not employees because “the compensation received by the fellows is not directly tied to completing […]

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March 31 CUNY Cross-Campus Organizing Dinner

Are you tired of the austerity regime that pays us poverty wages? Do you believe CUNY should be free again for students? Are you ready to connect and organize with […]

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Rutgers University passes strike authorization vote!

Members of Rutgers’ two unions that represent almost 8,000 faculty, graduate students, and staff voted to authorize a strike on Friday, March 10. Workers have been out of contract for […]

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The People’s Hearing on Racism at CUNY was amazing!

For all of you who weren’t able to be with us on March 9, the People’s Hearing on Racism at CUNY was a powerful and beautiful experience. Over a hundred […]

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Graduate Center Payment Issues Survey

Please fill out this payment issue survey if you are a graduate student at the GC. We are trying to collect this data to present to management as evidence of […]

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Temple gives striking grad students their health insurance back and comes to the bargaining table!

Temple’s administration announced that it would reverse its previous draconian measure of cutting health insurance benefits for striking graduate student workers. Negotiations have also begun again after TUGSA members voted […]

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Some nonsense from the last Board of Trustees meeting

On Monday, March 6, CUNY’s Board of Trustees met to discuss…well…a bunch of stuff. They talked about how we need more fully online programs at CUNY that can apparently be […]