by @getupadmin | Feb 27, 2026 | Updates
Grad Workers’ ratification election closed today at 5:00 PM. 2,635 Grad Workers cast a ballot: 2,604 (99%) voted to ratify the Agreement, and 31 voted against ratification. 77% of Graduate Workers participated in the election. Graduate Workers’ Agreement with the Penn...
by @getupadmin | Feb 19, 2026 | Updates
Earlier this week, the GETUP-UAW Bargaining Team reached a historic Tentative Agreement with the Penn administration. This Tentative Agreement includes raises of up to 25% over two years, a minimum stipend of $49,000 and minimum hourly wage of $25 per hour...
by @getupadmin | Feb 17, 2026 | Updates
Tonight, the GETUP-UAW Bargaining Committee voted to approve a complete Tentative Agreement with the Penn administration. This agreement is the crowning accomplishment to years of organizing by Penn graduate workers; it includes dramatic improvements to grad workers’...
by @getupadmin | Jan 13, 2026 | Updates
Graduate workers have set a strike deadline of Tuesday, February 17 at 12:01 AM. If Penn admin does not reach a fair agreement that improves our pay and benefits, provides much needed support for international workers, and lays the foundations for...
by @getupadmin | Nov 22, 2025 | Updates
During the past three days, over 2,416 graduate workers voted in the Strike Authorization Vote. With a final result of 2,229 to 187, 92% of graduate workers voted YES! Our Strike Authorization Vote has passed with a strong mandate, and the Bargaining Committee is now...
by @getupadmin | Nov 13, 2025 | Updates
During Wednesday’s bargaining session: Penn admin passed counterproposals on Compensation, Childcare, and Transit and Parking Graduate workers passed counterproposals on International and Immigrant Grad Workers Support, Compensation, Transit and Parking,...
