[ By a 93% margin, graduate workers at the University of Southern
California have voted 1,599 to 122 in favor of joining the Graduate
Student Workers Organizing Committee-United Auto Workers (GSWOC-UAW) ]
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USC GRAD WORKERS WIN THEIR UNION, JOIN UAW
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Graduate Student Workers at USC Win Union
February 17, 2023
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_ By a 93% margin, graduate workers at the University of Southern
California have voted 1,599 to 122 in favor of joining the Graduate
Student Workers Organizing Committee-United Auto Workers (GSWOC-UAW) _
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By a 93% margin, graduate workers at the University of Southern
California have voted 1,599 to 122 in favor of joining the Graduate
Student Workers Organizing Committee-United Auto Workers (GSWOC-UAW),
according to ballots tallied today by the National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB). The victory caps a multi-year effort, with workers
standing strong against USC administrators’ anti-union campaign.
GSWOC-UAW will represent 3,000 Teaching Assistants, Research
Assistants and Assistant Lecturers at USC.
“We are so energized by this resounding vote in favor of our
union,” said Stepp Mayes, a Graduate Student Worker in Civil and
Environmental Engineering. “The support for our union keeps growing
stronger, and we will be bringing this solidarity and energy to the
bargaining table. We are confident that our union will be good for us
and good for USC, and we look forward to meeting them at the table
soon to bargain a contract that makes us all stronger.”
“The status quo has not been serving Graduate Student Workers, and
we are thrilled to have won our union and an equal voice in
determining our working conditions,” said Maggie Davis, a Graduate
Student Worker in Sociology. “Our next step will be to
democratically prioritize the changes we plan to bargain for, so we
can tackle issues like inadequate pay and health care, a lack of
protections against abusive conduct, and insufficient support for
international students.”
Over the past two years, more than 20,000 academic workers in
California alone have unionized with UAW. UAW now represents nearly
100,000 higher ed academic workers across the country – and more
Academic Student Employees than any other union.
“I want to congratulate USC’s student workers on their incredible
hard work, and welcome them to the UAW,” said Mike Miller, Director
of UAW Region 6. “Like their 7,000 colleagues in the LA-area who
have already joined the UAW, they are part of a movement of higher ed
workers who are coming together to improve academia. We look forward
to working together as they bargain a contract.”
“The UAW is so proud to support these brave workers at USC, and
thousands of other academic workers across the country, as they fight
for the right to self-determination,” said UAW International
President Ray Curry. “Issues like low pay, job insecurity,
harassment and discrimination aren’t going away on their own.
USC’s workers are building a strong framework for changing how
higher ed works for the better. And we are proud to stand with
them.”
In just this past year, Research Scientists and Engineers at the
University of Washington voted 85% in favor of unionizing with UAW,
Mt. Sinai Postdoctoral Researchers voted 89.5% in favor of unionizing
with UAW, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute Grad Employees voted 96%
in favor of unionizing with UAW.
Learn more about GSWOC-UAW online at www.gswoc-usc.org
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