5/18 Bargaining Update
I’m Stepp, a 4th year PhD candidate in Environmental Engineering. I’m excited to give an update on yesterday’s bargaining session. In this session we proposed 11 articles, and reached tentative agreements on 4 of them. These articles spanned a wide variety of topics,...
Building On An Incredible Year For USC Graduate Student Workers
My name is Pırıl and I’m a RA in the ECE department. As we near the end of the semester, I wanted to reach out and review what a remarkable year it has been for Graduate Student Workers at USC — and to highlight the exciting path that lies ahead of us. Just in the...
SB-607: USC Administration’s Bad-Faith Attempt to Gut Our Health Insurance
Graduate Student Workers have spoken: 98% of GSWs want to maintain or improve our healthcare coverage. USC administration has instead chosen to lobby at the state capitol in support of a bill that would allow them to gut the student health insurance plan. If...
First Bargaining Session, First Tentative Agreement!
Greetings from the bargaining team! I’m Wes Wise (he/him), a second-year math PhD student. Yesterday, April 25th, we had our first full bargaining session with the university. We delivered our initial bargaining demands to the University, which were endorsed by a...
4/11 Bargaining Update: Initial Meeting with USC
Yesterday was the first meeting between our bargaining team and USC administration. We had a very productive discussion about GSWs’ goals for negotiations and setting up future meetings. Key takeaways from the meeting: For the remainder of April and May, we intend to...
Here’s Why I – and Hundreds of other GSWs – are Signing Onto the IBD’s!
My name is Katie and I am a 6th year PhD candidate in the English Department. I’m writing to tell you a little bit about why I was proud to sign onto the Initial Bargaining Demands -- and why you should do the same. The Initial Bargaining Demands outline a bold...
GSWOC Updates: Initial Bargaining Demands!
My name is Stepp and I am a 4th year Research Assistant in the Environmental Engineering Department. I’m writing to please ask everyone to take a moment to read and add your name to the Initial Bargaining Demands! Click Here to Sign These demands outline core goals...
GSWOC-UAW Bargaining Team Runoff Election Results
March 29, 2023 The GSWOC-UAW Bargaining Team Election has closed. The following candidates have been elected to the Bargaining Team: Sina Baharlouei Bryan Byrdlong Maile McCann Megan Cassingham Maya Cratsley Maggie Davis Sayan Ghosh Annastasia (Anna) Haynie Yoni...
GSWOC-UAW Bargaining Team Election Voting Now Open
March 27, 2023 Voting for the GSWOC-UAW Bargaining Team Runoff Election is now open. An invitation to a secret and secure ballot has been sent to GSW voters from a secure online voting platform, Simply Voting (vote@simplyvoting.com). The email contains a link to the...
Nominations for the Bargaining Team are Now Open!
March 20, 2023 The window for bargaining team nominations has officially opened. Nominations are open until this Thursday, March 23rd, at 5pm. To nominate yourself for bargaining team, send the following materials to the GSWOC elections email...