March 28, 2018
In Landmark Vote, USC Graduate Student Government Moves to Officially Support Unionization
On behalf of USC Forward’s Graduate Student Organizing Committee, we thank the Graduate Student Government (GSG) for voting overwhelmingly in support of... Read MoreMarch 28, 2018
Daily Trojan: Graduate Student Government to Pass Motion Supporting Graduate Student Union
The Daily Trojan reporting today on the landmark vote by USC's Graduate Student Government officially supporting graduate student unionization: "USC... Read MoreOctober 23, 2017
Fighting On: Institutional Context
Even without legal status, by acting collectively as a union, graduate student workers won greater structural agency. And barely a year later, union struggles... Read MoreOctober 23, 2017
Students AND Workers - Our Fight in a National Context
Since the 1960s, graduate workers have struggled for the right to unionize. But while those of us at public universities eventually won that right, those of us... Read MoreMarch 20, 2017
Daily Trojan: Graduate Students Team with USC Forward to Establish Union
The Daily Trojan reporting today on our organizing efforts on campus, quoting many graduate students about the push for unionization at USC: "Karlynne... Read MoreMarch 1, 2017
March 1: #CampusResistance
On March 1, faculty, graduate students, and undergrads participated in a national #CampusResistance day of action. Across the country, faculty and students on... Read MoreJanuary 19, 2017
Back on Campus, Back in Action
Colleagues, My name is Robert Chlala and I’m a research assistant in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. As you may have heard, USC... Read MoreOctober 6, 2016
5 Reasons We're Forming a Graduate Student Union at USC
As you may have heard, graduate students at private universities recently won the right to form unions. We’re writing you today to tell you why... Read MoreOctober 3, 2016
Graduate Students Are Uniting to Change Higher Education
Dear Fellow Graduate Student Employees: We are writing to share why we are coming together to improve our working conditions and to ask you to join us. As... Read MoreOctober 2, 2016
Are they Students? Or are they Employees? NLRB Rules that Graduate Students are Employees
The Washington Post reports on the NLRB's landmark ruling clearing the way for graduate students to organize unions on their campusesL "The National Labor... Read MoreRight now we’re at TCC 450 gearing up for tonight’s GSG vote! Join us to help send a clear message in support of a strong, collective voice for grad students!
2 years with no contract, and faculty and students are tired of waiting.
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HAPPENING NOW: Picket lines are forming at Loyola University as faculty & students walkout. After two years with no contract and a decade with no pay increases, faculty are tired of waiting! Show your support: bit.ly/2uJIHfd #TimesUpLoyola #teacherstrike