Graduate workers vote against a new strike
Graduate workers at IU voted against a new strike Monday.
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Graduate workers at IU voted against a new strike Monday.
Graduate student Natalie Beglin shows support for the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers strike April 14, 2022, outside of Ballantine Hall. The IGWC-UE voted against resuming its strike and instead voted in favor of granting its Coordination Committee the authority to set a new strike date, depending on the outcome of current negotiations.
The old slogan goes, “United we bargain, divided we beg!” But what if workers could do more than just bargain?
Protestors gather in support of the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers' efforts to have IU recognize their union on April 14, 2022, between Ballantine Hall and the Chemistry Building. Between Saturday and Monday, the IGWC-UE’s around 1,900 members will virtually vote on whether to authorize another strike, which would start Tuesday.
After more than three years of protesting working conditions at IU which culminated last spring in a weekslong strike, members of the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers are now voting on whether to strike again starting this week. Since the last strike ended in May, IU has announced policy changes that address the IGWC-UE’s five main demands, but has withheld union recognition.
Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers are set to vote on Sept. 25 to decide whether to continue last semester’s strike which was suspended over the summer.
Signs are laid in front of the Monroe County Public Library auditorium stage at an in-person vote for the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers to go on strike April 10, 2022. The IGWC-UE is set to vote Sept. 25 to decide whether or not to resume their strike, which was suspended over the summer.
The IU Task Force on Graduate Education announced Tuesday it will begin waiving the fee for international students. The fee will be waived beginning this academic year, according to a release from the Task Force.
Then-doctoral candidate Pat Wall leads a chant during the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers strike April 14, 2022, at the Sample Gates.
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If you are anything like me, you might have had some mental breakdowns that included making emotional phone calls home, overthinking about what your semester might shake out to look like or preparing to hunker down for late nights of studying.
Dozens of demonstrators with signs reading “Carbon neutrality by 2040” and “Demand divestment now” surrounded the Showalter Fountain on Aug. 26.
IU Student Government wants to ride the momentum of last year to continue putting pressure on IU’s administration to address climate change.
Three campus advocacy groups will hold a Kickstart Rally on August 26 to reaffirm and gain more support for their movements. The rally will consist of Sunrise Bloomington, Students for a New Green World and Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers. It will be at the Showalter Fountain and will start at 3 p.m.
Provost Rahul Shrivastav announced IU increased the minimum stipend for IU graduate workers to $22,000 and eliminated mandatory fees in an email to faculty, staff and graduate workers on Tuesday. The changes are effective immediately and will be applied retroactively to July 1.
Graduate student Natalie Beglin shows support for the graduate worker strike April 14, 2022, outside of Ballantine Hall. Provost Rahul Shrivastav announced IU increased the minimum stipend for graduate workers to $22,000 and eliminated mandatory fees Tuesday.
Students march at an Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers rally April 14, 2022, around Ballantine Hall's courtyard. The Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers condemns new contract for student academic appointees.
Changes to the fall 2022 Individual Contract for Student Academic Appointees have prompted the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers to declare a statement of duress, which says they were forced to sign the contract under terms they disagreed with. The organization recommends members continue to sign the contract to avoid a lapse in pay, but have asked that they also sign the statement to send to administrators.
James Wimbush, dean of the University Graduate School at IU, is stepping down from the position to focus on his role as vice president of Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs, according to an IU press release.
Vivian Winston, a former IU Kelley School of Business professor, won the Board of Trustee election Thursday with 8,196 out of 16,302 total votes. She will occupy one of three trustee seats elected by IU alumni, taking former trustee MaryEllen Bishop’s spot.