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(06/26/23 10:07pm)
Workers at the Bloomington Eastside Starbucks, located at Third Street and 46 Bypass, have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with Starbucks Workers United, a collective of more than 315 U.S. Starbucks Partners across the country. Workers sent a letter to Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan announcing their unionization Monday.
(06/07/23 5:28pm)
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb appointed Kyle Seibert, an IU master’s of public affairs student and former IU student body president during the 2022-23 academic year, to the IU Board of Trustees last week. Holcomb also appointed J. Timothy Morris, a Kelley School of Business alumnus and partner of Proprium Capital Partners, to the board, according to a recent IU press release.
(05/24/23 1:50pm)
IU graduate workers are petitioning IU administration for a salary raise to account for the standard of living in Bloomington and will face a reduction in the number of future doctoral student admissions moving forward.
(04/19/23 1:50pm)
IU graduate workers hold a sign at Presidents Hall during a Bloomington Faculty Council meeting on April 18, 2023. Graduate workers are asking for a 8% cost of living increase.
(04/18/23 5:17pm)
The Bloomington Police Department is short-staffed and strained, Fraternal Order of Police President Paul Post said. Competing with other police departments in the county and dealing with the high cost of living in Bloomington, Post said the issue of recruitment and retention has been going on for years.
(04/16/23 11:14pm)
The Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition United Electric Workers submitted a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) petition to IU administration on March 31, calling for an 8% salary increase, according to a press release. COLA is an increase in an employee's rate of pay based on estimates of how much money is required to maintain a given standard of living.
(04/16/23 7:35pm)
A protester holds a “PAY RAISES 4 GRAD WORKERS” sign during a protest regarding inadequate pay Aug. 24, 2020, in Dunn Meadow. The coalition's vote of no confidence was prompted by Whitten's failure to address a demand from the IGWC, backed by 1,300 graduate employees.
(04/12/23 11:03pm)
IU released the details of its seven-year strategic plan, IUB 2030, on Tuesday after announcing the plan last fall. The plan includes three pillars, which focus on increasing experiential learning, impactful research and the university’s global reach.
(04/07/23 4:54pm)
Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Health Sciences David Daleke will become dean of the Indiana University Graduate School Bloomington, a new campus role, the IU Office of the Provost announced Tuesday.
(04/30/23 8:48pm)
Strikers march in front of Franklin Hall April 13, 2022, during the grad worker strike. IU is reducing the number of future doctoral student admissions to account for the increased stipend for graduate worker wages.
(03/10/23 5:09am)
Rep. Matt Pierce, D-District 61, and Sen. Shelli Yoder, D-District 40, addressed Bloomington residents’ questions about several education and LGBTQ rights bills at a town hall Thursday in the Monroe County Public Library.
(03/09/23 5:51pm)
IU alumnus and bus driver Morgan Miller recently acquired a patent on a medical device she created which she named the Morganleigh. The device helps patient care technicians turn patients on the bed in a more comfortable and safe way.
(03/03/23 5:00am)
Happy Friday, Hoosiers!
(03/02/23 8:12pm)
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(02/26/23 6:55pm)
People gather for the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electric Workers rally on Feb. 2, 2023, outside Owen Hall. The strike in April 2022 secured significant gains in wages and benefits for graduate employees at IU, making IU more competitive and lifting hundreds of graduate workers out of poverty.
(02/13/23 10:43pm)
Crimson Cupboard Food Pantry, a free food pantry for IU students, has experienced an influx of shoppers this past year as food inflation rises and millions around the country struggle to afford daily necessities.
(02/03/23 5:00am)
Happy Friday, Hoosiers!
(02/02/23 11:45pm)
The Indiana Graduate Worker's Coalition-United Electric Workers protested Thursday to launch their petition to raise wages to be consistent with cost of living in Bloomington. The rally was initially organized to protest possible changes to graduate worker compensation and benefits.
(02/03/23 4:13pm)
People gather for the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electric Workers rally on Feb. 2, 2023, outside Owen Hall. History graduate students received notice that next year, master's students in history will no longer be considered Student Academic Appointees and will become hourly employees.
(01/26/23 2:59am)
Happy Thursday, Hoosiers!