On March 7, nearly 100 grads and undergrad allies took the streets during President Ono’s inauguration to protest the University’s lack of serious counters. The…

On Feb 21, over 600 grads discussed the lack of progress at the table. With the March 1 deadline for a tentative agreement looming, the…

On Feb 16th, grad workers in GEO and P4P rallied outside the School of Social Work before packing the room at the Regents Meeting. MSW…

In a huge culmination of the Week of Grad Labor Visibility, hundreds of grad workers and dozens of allies turned out for open bargaining and…

Over 250 workers participated in bargaining on Friday in anticipation of HR’s counter on our demand for a living wage. Since 2020, the gap between…

HR suggested that allowing victims of abuse to escape without reporting would keep the University from addressing harassment and discrimination. HR then proceeded to flatly…

HR finally gave us counterproposals on Friday, which can be summarized in a word: “No.” For some crucial proposals — paying MSW students for their…

After months of GEO members and allies applying pressure and refusing to back down from open bargaining, HR finally agreed to dismiss the mediator and…

GEO members have been diligently coming to the table ready to bargain in good faith, but HR does not seem willing to proceed with any…

After lunch, the mediator brought management into the room with members to hear our proposals. Bottom line: we’ve sustained open bargaining despite HR’s intransigence and…

In a huge win for graduate workers, HR showed up to the bargaining room after a week of GEO escalating action.

All day Friday, members deliberated during a back-and-forth on email with Academic HR, who ultimately refused to meet with the bargaining team.