TRU-UE Bargaining Committee Elections!
Last night, after a meeting with hundreds of grad workers, nominations opened for our new 22-member Bargaining Committee (BC): a team of PhD student workers who will take our proposals for a contract to the university administration and directly negotiate for comprehensive improvements to our working conditions. But winning a strong contract for ALL grad […]
We won our union, now we bargain!
Dear fellow graduate worker, TLDR: Learn How to Win a Strong Contract *💪* Tuesday, February 21st @ 6pm Location: Homewood & East Baltimore campuses and zoom RSVP Here As you might have heard by now, we won our union! Of the 2,120 people who voted, 2053 voted yes and 67 voted no, resulting in a […]
February 15th TRU Newsletter
Good morning everyone, We hope you all had a good long rest after all our celebrating! Our election was truly a historic success, not just for Johns Hopkins but also for the national graduate student unionization effort: we had one of the highest percentages of grad students vote YES in the country. We are truly […]
Post Victory Newsletter
Good morning everyone, WE OFFICIALLY HAVE A UNION!! We had an outstanding showing of 2,120 grad students at the polls: 2,053 voted yes and 67 voted no. That means that a whopping 97% of voters said YES to unionization! Having a formal union means we can truly begin addressing the major issues affecting grads across […]