by @getupadmin | May 4, 2025 | Updates
Increasing graduate worker pressure on management won victories in Friday’s bargaining session! Grad workers’ collective activity pushed Penn to make progress on Grievance and Arbitration, reaching a tentative agreement. This article, often called the “backbone” of a...
by @getupadmin | Apr 24, 2025 | Updates
Today, graduate workers delivered to the Provost’s office our petition demanding Penn admin agree to enshrine strong protections against harassment, discrimination, and abuse in our contract. The petition has been signed by 2,042 graduate workers—the majority of grad...
by @getupadmin | Apr 17, 2025 | Updates
At yesterday’s bargaining session, Penn admin brought five counterproposals: Travel, Discipline and Dismissal, Management and Academic Rights, Union Rights, and Prohibition Against Discrimination and Harassment. Additionally, admin introduced a new proposal outlining...
by @getupadmin | Apr 7, 2025 | Updates
At last Friday’s bargaining session, grad workers presented a new counterproposal on Discrimination and Harassment that includes the core demands outlined in our petition addressed to Provost Jackson. Here’s a summary of Friday’s session: We presented a...
by @getupadmin | Mar 27, 2025 | Updates
Grad workers’ continued pressure on admin led to another productive bargaining session on Tuesday. Penn admin presented a response on Discipline and Dismissal, which they’ve been sitting on since November 21st. Admin also delivered a counterproposal on Prohibition of...
by @getupadmin | Mar 20, 2025 | Updates
Mounting graduate worker pressure on management won two Tentative Agreements in yesterday’s bargaining session! Between grad workers’ successful January rally, packing the bargaining room in support of international student worker rights, and continuous pressure on...
