Need help?
Now that we grad workers at USC have our first union contract, it’s on all of us to actively enforce the union contract in our workplace. Please fill out Workplace Issue Reporting Form or send an email to contractenforcement [at] uaw872 [dot] org if you believe you are experiencing violation(s) of your contractual rights, and a fellow grad worker will follow up with you about potential next steps.
Common workplace issues include:
- Wages and Tuition/Fee Remission (e.g. late or incorrect pay, incorrectly charged fees, tuition remission issues)
- Abusive conduct/bullying, harassment and discrimination
- Health and safety issues
- Job Security Issues (e.g. losing your job after you accepted it, unjust discipline or dismissal from your appointment, being arbitrarily under-appointed)
- Access needs (e.g. workers with disabilities being denied an appropriate accommodation)
- Parent Rights (e.g. difficulties accessing paid parental leave or childcare benefits)
- International Grad Worker Rights (e.g. visa proceedings, re-hiring protections, legal fund)
- Workload (e.g. going over your weekly hours)
- Misclassification (e.g. course assistants performing TA work without appropriate compensation)
- Inadequate Workspace Materials
- Leaves (e.g. health leave, sick days, bereavement days)
Become a member of your union!
Our ability to enforce our contract is only possible because of the strength of our union! With a majority of the ~3,000 TAs, RAs, ALs, and Fellows at USC signing on as members, we have been able to consolidate our power to fight for the working conditions we need, and enforce the contract we won together. As a large, highly-engaged body of members, we can force USC to follow through on their commitments and pay these funds accurately and on time.