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WE HAVE REACHED A FULL TENTATIVE AGREEMENT! @MIT MOVED BECAUSE OF OUR STRIKE THREAT! UNION SECURITY, REAL RECOURSE, AND ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENTS WON!
MIT Graduate Student Union
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MIT Graduate Student Union
@MITGradUnion
Local 256 of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. Working to make MIT a better place for all grad workers!
- WE DID IT: with a landslide margin of 1785–912, we are officially the MITGSU-UE!!! What started 4 years ago with a dozen students in an MIT classroom discussing the needs of graduate workers has culminated in this historic victory for student-workers at MIT. Now, we celebrate!
- We are proud to publicly announce the MIT Graduate Student Union! MIT grad student-workers are unionizing to create a healthy and fair working and learning environment for all, by giving us a voice in the decisions that affect us. (1/4) #MITGSU
- The tentative agreement that we reached with the MIT Admin has been officially ratified into a contract! After our years of fighting, MIT grad workers now have a legally binding contract that sets in place the protections and benefits we all deserve.
- MIT grad workers demand real safety guarantees now!
- Today, we are sending the MIT administration a request to voluntarily recognize the widespread, democratic mandate for a union at MIT. In under 3 mos., a clear majority of graduate workers across all depts have said YES to forming #MITGSU by signing their union cards. (1/n)
- We have officially rejected the @MIT administration’s contract proposal with a resounding NO vote. After a tremendous vote of 1715 no votes to 226 yes votes, it is abundantly clear that MIT’s contract proposal does not meet the needs of graduate workers.
- Yesterday we filed thousands of cards that grad students at MIT signed in support of #MITGSU with the National Labor Relations Board to initiate our union election. That means THIS TERM we will be voting YES for our union to secure a better workplace for MIT grad students. (1/n)
- After 8 months of negotiating, the contract offered by MIT admin is despicable and disrespectful of all the value graduate workers bring to teaching and research at this institute. We plan to vote NO on the contract with no union shop, an effective pay cut, and no real recourse.
- The energy was wild today at the picket - 100s of grad workers over 9 hours. Thanks to everyone who came out. It is clear that MIT grad workers will fight for what we need. We make this institute run and deserve higher wages, better benefits, real recourse, and union shop!!!
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- MIT administration did not voluntarily recognize our union - and as such, we're moving forward with an NLRB election to secure our union. Stay up to date as this process develops at mitgsu.org
- We filed for an election with the NLRB to bring the fellows into our bargaining unit! ✊✊✊
- We are so excited to kickoff our contract negotiations with a huge rally with almost 1000 MIT grad workers! @32BJSEIU @gradworkersofBU @hgsuuaw @BTU66
