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This is a new account because I want to share details!
I am a graduate student worker at a small state school in and we are unionizing with a federal branch of United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America. We are announcing next week publicly and will be signing union cards right away!
That is amazing! Best of luck to you! I hope to be a part of something like that someday.
thank you!! I am new to this school, and was shocked to see the popular support already existing. Comrades here have been struggling for a long time. I am disgusted by the 400k salary of our administrator while international student workers have had to choose between doctor visits and daycare. Leaders of the movement seem to avoid discussing personal beliefs, but I am curious whether they have long supported worker organization or merely were brought to this in desperation from the pay cuts and layoffs resulting from COVID-19. Students on international visa are prohibited from non-school work and with pay cuts or layoff may be forced into poverty. This is horrible, because remember, these are not lazy people by any means. Graduate student workers are some of the hardest working people I have met: my colleagues are studying, researching, instructing courses, grading exams/lab reports, and many have children at home.
Hi all, I was feeling pretty excited and was hoping for a bit more engagement on this post to be honest. Thanks anyway, and for comrades who are reading this in the future, if you want to reach out DO NOT DM because I won’t be using this account unless I see activity here from my main