Union of graduate student workers at Brown University #GLOUnion ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻 | @rifthp + @AFTunion Local 6516 | RTs ≠ endorsements. ✉️ comms@glounion.org
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Show us your math, Frank!! The endowment reaped a $728 million return last year. Workers at Brown need to know how "fiscal responsibility" is defined such that hundreds of millions in unrestricted funds are off limits. Incidentally, we do have a proposal to reduce the deficit-
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When it comes to instead using a slightly larger portion of the university's $7.2 billion endowment to cover its transition into becoming a "leading research institution," Doyle claims we are at "the upper limit of the fiscally responsible range." To that we say...
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Much the same appears to be in the offing for staff and faculty, with the former set to have "maximum" growth of 0%. Translation: "Should your colleague leave, be ready to take on their work in addition to your own for no additional compensation, we won't replace them."
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To give one example, the provost's message suggests "reductions in the size of [Ph.D.] cohorts admitted this year." Though details are lacking, grad workers know what this means in practice: More work shifted to a smaller number of us
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The "community actions" outlined today follow an October message in which Doyle called for "innovative strategies to manage expense growth" to bring down a $46 million operating deficit. We see now what this fine piece of administrator speak means: "Workers must bear the cost"
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Proud to stand in solidarity with USAW-RI as they fight for a fair contract! Brown works because we do
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Thank you to @DanielDenvir and @NaomiAKlein for stopping by yesterday's informational picket concerning Brown's violation of our rights as workers. Prof. Klein highlighted the importance of standing up to a new era of McCarthyism in higher ed, we couldn't agree more
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Meanwhile Brown is preempting any divestment push by claiming it’s illegal for them to even say what companies they might invest in
San Francisco State University is divesting from Lockheed Martin, Palantir, Caterpillar, and Leonardo (an Italian defense company) in response to student demands.
middleeasteye.net/news/san-f…
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We are thrilled to announce that our colleague Tabassum and her GLO rep have finally signed an agreement with admin to allow her to continue in her program!
Thank you to everyone who signed and shared her petition, and thank you to Tabassum for your unfailing bravery.
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March on the Mansions! Tonight we showed our bosses the meaning of protected concerted activity
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Grad workers at Brown are calling on the administration to divest their endowment from the occupation of Gaza!
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Today we filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) against Brown for their retaliatory threat in Monday’s Today@Brown email.
We have a right to speak out against our employer’s investments in genocide. We will not tolerate any threat of disciplinary action for protected speech.
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🎉🎉🎉 We have a contract!
Members voted 554-4 in favor of our new contract. After ten months of bargaining, we have better pay, stronger protections and a slew of new benefits.
Thank you to all the grads, especially the Bargaining Committee, who made this possible!
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Celebrating wins tonight at the GMM 🍾
We have a Tentative Agreement—now it’s time to vote!
Any grad who has been in the Bargaining Unit any point in the last 2 years is eligible to vote. Check your inbox 📥
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We encourage all members of the Brown community to join us and allies from Student Labor Alliance, SEE, and other groups at Faunce Arch at 4:45 p.m. to walk over to City Hall together (GLO members, wear your t-shirts!)
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Hey remember that time @talabororg won an HISTORIC union election for undergrad workers with 99.5% of workers voting to unionize
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The line-up for GLOchella just dropped! Join your fellow grad workers on the Main Green from 10-4 for some joyful troublemaking in support of our bargaining efforts, and in defiance of Brown instituting differential wages for grads on fellowship vs. grads with appointments.
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During our bargaining session today, the bargaining committee announced that we have officially filed an unfair labor practice with the NLRB against Brown. Our president and vice president explain —
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Finals grades have been released a couple of weeks early this year!!
Just some grad workers doing what we are trained to do
RSVP FOR OUR NEXT BARGAINING SESSION - Link in bio
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📣 Bargaining Session #5 is THIS WEDNESDAY @ 12 pm ‼️
Show your support for new proposals that raise wages and improve healthcare. Wear your GLO shirt, rock a GLO button, and bring a fellow grad worker!
RSVP here: click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c…
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Tomorrow, tomorrow at 12 pm in the Kasper Multipurpose Room 🕛
RSVP for Bargaining Session #4 (and bring a coworker!): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Today's Word(s) of the Day: Backpay!
Back Pay: Retroactive compensation for previous wage violations. If the employer is found to pay certain workers less than is stipulated in the bargaining agreement, they are required to provide these parties with back pay.
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Big thanks to everyone who came out to our recent action with @brown_sjp. No better way to start a breakfast with the Brown Corporation than by calling for divestment and democratization!
Protestors at the Corporation meeting last Friday promoted Students for Justice in Palestine’s “Divest and Democratize” campaign.
browndailyherald.com/article…
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Thanks to everyone for a great general members meeting last night!
This kind of all-hands-on-deck strategizing is crucial for our upcoming contract negotiations with Brown.
Next week we sit down at the bargaining table!
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Our next General Members Meeting is Tuesday, February 7th at 6 pm!
Join your fellow workers at the First Unitarian Church (1 Benevolent St) as we gear up for contract negotiations.
RSVP here: bit.ly/3wvRVc4
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"to win the rights, raises and respect we deserve as workers. We're building a community of TAs who support one another and STAND with one another."
Shoutout to the CS TA Labor Org who are rallying now on the main green!
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UPDATE: next General Members Meeting has been moved to Dec. 8th at 6:30pm at the GLO office (5 Steeple Street ) or on Zoom.
The RSVP form is linked in bio! SEE YOU THERE
Great news! If you contribute to the @uaw2865 academic workers strike fund, @DSA_Labor will match your donation: airtable.com/shr1VogdJRoK7sn…
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Grad actors and directors in the @BrownUniversity/ @trinityrep program are unionizing w/ GLO! Grad actor Rosalyn supports unionizing because the shows BT grads' labor makes possible enrich life on campus and in Providence, bringing value to Brown. What we do is work!
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Grad actors and directors in the @BrownUniversity/ @trinityrep program are unionizing w/ GLO! Grad actor Allison supports unionizing because the work BT grads do as artists is essential: we all need the empathy and entertainment artists' labor makes possible. What we do is work!
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Grad actors and directors in the @BrownUniversity/@trinityrep program are unionizing with GLO! Grad actor Germainne supports unionizing because what BT grads do is work: actors and directors deserve a living wage!
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BIG NEWS -- Karina has FINALLY be reinstated in her program!! she can finish her PhD!!
This was only possible thanks to YOU, to ALL OF US, who rallied behind Karina in this fight!!!
💪 Organizing MATTERS 💪
Pls share far and wide !
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