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UConn GEU-UAW 6950@GEUUAW
31 Dec 2022
Make sure to check out our instagram post about important resources for grad students and postdocs at UConn: instagram.com/p/CmxBX-EvNq8/…

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Last week we celebrated the end of a successful bargaining year with our annual May Day ice cream social. It was great to spend time with fellow GAs and Postdocs and celebrate everything we accomplished together!
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We’re excited to host our rescheduled Ice Cream Social this Thursday in celebration of International Workers’ Day! Join us from 12-3 PM for ice cream, bingo, and solidarity! All GA and Postdoc members are welcome. Don’t forget to RSVP! Check your UConn inbox for details.
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Don’t miss your chance to shape our union’s future leadership. Voting is open for several contested Executive Board positions, as well as the GA Representative to the UAW Constitutional Convention. Check your UConn inbox for candidate info and voting instructions!
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May Day is THE day for international worker solidarity! Across the globe, working people stand together to recognize our collective labor history and struggle. On Friday, the GEU welcomes you to celebrate with us, side-by-side with your fellow workers. When we fight, we win!
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Unfortunately, due to weather our May Day ice cream social has been rescheduled to next Thursday. We hope you will still join us from 12-3 PM on the Dairy Bar Lawn to celebrate International Workers' Day with free ice cream, union shirts, and bingo for union members!
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Join to celebrate May Day! We will be having free ice cream, union shirts, and bingo! Don’t forget to RSVP! Check your UConn inbox for details. If you’d like to join but aren’t a member yet, you can sign up using the link in our bio and become part of the majority!
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Join us Thursday, April 23 from 9-11 AM on Fairfield Way for coffee, pastries, and more info about our tentative agreement! Learn about all the amazing progress our bargaining team has made at the table including a 4.5% raise next year, new international GA protections, and more!
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99.3% of participating members approved the tentative agreement, officially ratifying it! Thank you to all who participated in the vote. Next stop: the Connecticut legislature!
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After 7 months of intense organizing and negotiations, the member-elected bargaining committee has finally reached a tentative agreement with UConn! We protected our contract and GAs from attempts to weaken our existing rights, and expanded our rights with new contract articles!
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Thank you Steven and Susan Gottlieb. As lifelong educators, they know the importance of treating teachers with the respect they deserve! Come at noon to Fairfield Way to show solidarity with graduate workers and deliver our petition to UConn. Connecticut is with us, is UConn?
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This GA was charged $927 for their ADA accommodation -- a reserved garage parking spot. Graduate Assistants are charged more for garage parking than professors who are making far more. Even GAs with ADA accommodations are forced to pay crazy prices for garage parking spots!
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This TUESDAY join the GEU as we march for fair wages and dignity and deliver a petition to President Maric signed by organizations representing hundreds of thousands of people in Connecticut and beyond.
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Let’s hope UConn ESTABLISH's a fair contract and makes real CHANGE for graduate workers. As for us, we hope you would consider signing our petition calling on UConn to invest in higher education by agreeing to a fair contract. Link in bio.
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Meet Our BC! Erin is in the Engineering Education program. Erin likes to read fantasy books, embroider/crochet and be active outdoors. Erin serves on our bargaining committee on our advisory committee by helping prepare for negotiations and also serves as GA Unit Rep!
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UConn just loves to be on top. And here we are again, paying the most. UConn’s scale doesn’t even see us. Just a suggestion! Being "Connecticut's flagship" university could also mean striving for success in how you treat your workers. A fair contract would be a great start.
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Other universities recognize the importance of protections for International GAs, and it's time UConn does the same. We stand in solidarity with all workers, regardless of citizenship. We're fighting for these modest and common-sense protections. Help us: Sign the petition in bio
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While UConn placates us with suggestion boxes that don’t change their decisions, we are left without a spot. We have to pay the same as employees that make far more than us and are left with not enough parking and no guarantees. Here’s a suggestion. We want a fair contract.
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A 34.19% increase in fees now takes 6.59% of our stipends. Our contract promises yearly stipend increases, yet rising fees continue to cancel them out. GAs are workers! We already pay health insurance premiums. So why are we still charged $896 in student health and wellness fees?
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Thank you UConn parent John Devivo for your video of support! It means so much. Parents know our working conditions are students’ learning conditions—and that no worker, regardless of citizenship, should fear deportation for showing up to work. Sign our petition (link in bio).
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We can’t work if we can’t park. 4.75% of your take-home pay! We pay even if you don’t get a spot. We pay even more when we get a ticket because the lots are full. Some things would be simpler if we made them simpler. Like a fair contract.
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