by @getupadmin | Dec 10, 2024 | Updates
Yesterday, graduate workers met with Penn admin for our sixth bargaining session. The petition signed by over 1,300 graduate workers made an impact. Grad workers also put pressure on the admin team by packing the bargaining room and delivering powerful testimonials on...
by @getupadmin | Dec 6, 2024 | Updates
Yesterday, graduate workers met with Penn admin for our fifth bargaining session. While we pushed the administration to make progress on a few issues, we were disappointed yet again by management’s lack of engagement with a large number of our proposals. Here’s what...
by @getupadmin | Nov 22, 2024 | Updates
Yesterday, grad workers met with Penn admin for our fourth bargaining session. For three sessions in a row — over one month — admin has failed to respond at all to 12 of the non-economic proposals we have presented so far. When asked when we can expect responses,...
by @getupadmin | Nov 6, 2024 | Updates
Today, grad workers met with Penn admin for our third bargaining session. We are disappointed that admin failed to provide responses to 16 of the proposals we have given them so far. The University’s bargaining team addressed only two of our non-economic proposals...
by @getupadmin | Oct 30, 2024 | Updates
Today, grad workers met with Penn admin for our second bargaining session! Based on the pressure we exerted in the last session, we were able to hold today’s negotiations in a larger room with chairs and ample space for observers to sit. We were thrilled to have...
by @getupadmin | Oct 18, 2024 | Updates
Last week, grad workers met with Penn admin for our first bargaining session! In a show of strength and unity, over 50 graduate worker observers joined the bargaining committee for today’s session to kick off our contract campaign. We’re thrilled that so many...
