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...
by @getupadmin | Sep 30, 2024 | Updates
Welcome back to campus and to the start of the school year! A lot has happened this summer since Penn graduate workers won our union in May. Let’s keep the momentum going. We’ve made great strides this summer to start negotiating our first union contract with Penn...
by @getupadmin | Apr 18, 2024 | Updates
We, the undersigned current international graduate students at Penn, are writing to you today to encourage you to vote YES in the upcoming union election on May 1st and 2nd at Houston Hall. More than thirty percent of graduate students at Penn are international,...
