Yesterday, Dartmouth administration announced a tentative raise that would increase our stipends by $400/month to $40,000 starting next academic year.
Pressure from our union has clearly forced the administration to respond to pleas that grad workers have been making for years.
Very excited to announce we are officially requesting voluntary recognition today. A supermajority of graduate student have now signed cards. Dartmouth has the opportunity to be a leader in higher education by giving its graduate student workers a say at the bargaining table!
The
@Dartmouth
administration has informed us that they intend to challenge every ballot cast by graduate fellows in the upcoming election. This includes 2/3 of our union. They are hoping to delay the inevitable, because they know they cannot win in a free and fair election.
⚡️⚡️ WE WON A CONTRACT! ⚡️⚡️Now we have to vote on whether or not to ratify it. Check your emails for information on the benefits outlined in the contract and how to cast your vote. Solidarity Forever! ❤️💪
We are SOOOO STOKED to announce the official start of GOLD’s drive to form a legally recognized union of graduate employees! How can you help make this happen? SIGN YOUR CARD TODAY!
Dartmouth will challenge the ballots of nearly all grads on teaching assignment. Dartmouth is claiming that graduate instructors and TAs do not do real work. This is an attack on the whole community, from undergrads to faculty and staff. Meet us on the green 10am 4/11
As temperatures drop to -20 F, and the leadership of
@dartmouth
continue to sit in their heated homes, heat has still not been restored in grad student apartments.
261 grad workers cast yes votes for GOLD-UE! We won our union by a margin of 89% while only 13 contested ballots were cast. Today's election results affirm what we already knew: GRAD WORKERS SUPPORT OUR UNION AND SEE THROUGH DARTMOUTH'S UNION BUSTING TACTICS!
Yesterday,
@dartmouth
submitted a voter list, excluding 54% of graduate student workers. Today, the NLRB rejected this attempt to disenfranchise these voters. Nevertheless, Dartmouth will still challenge all of these ballots, with the goal of delaying our victory for years.
This victory comes one week after Dartmouth's announcement to disenfranchise 54% of voters. With our union now formally established, on OUR terms, we are excited to bargain for a contract that secures better living and working conditions for ALL Dartmouth grad workers.
📢 At our recent GBM, we declared our worth to Dartmouth. We voted in sweeping majority that the contract Dartmouth has offered us is not adequate and that we will go on strike starting May 1st! Donate to our hardship fund and support us using the link in our bio!
Dartmouth graduate workers have voted to authorize a strike! If you are able, we ask that you please donate to our hardship fund. 🔗Donate link and more:
We're grateful for our community support. Solidarity forever✊
Dartmouth is proposing an exception for discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual assault in our grievance procedure, so we marched on the boss with a letter for president
@sianbeilock
demanding she support women in science and commit to ensuring real recourse for survivors.
Yesterday, we took the next step towards a fair contract: the NLRB certified our election victory, establishing GOLD-UE as a federally recognized labor union, with which the College is compelled to bargain.
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
@dartmouth
refuses to offer affordable childcare or dependent healthcare for grad moms
We’re striking so that our members don’t have to choose between pursuing an education and supporting their families 💛
Surprise pay increases are a common university tactic to deter union formation, but are no substitute for a union contract.
With a union contract, we can amplify this raise, secure guarantees of annual stipend increases, and fight for even more graduate student improvements.
Faculty should ask the question: If this administration believes that graduate instructors don't do work and provide no value to the institution, do they respect the work that you do in the classroom? Does this administration respect the educational mission of the institution?
Dartmouth will challenge the ballots of nearly all grads on teaching assignment. Dartmouth is claiming that graduate instructors and TAs do not do real work. This is an attack on the whole community, from undergrads to faculty and staff. Meet us on the green 10am 4/11
IT'S THE POST YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR: UMN GRADUATE WORKERS HAVE A UNION! We won 2487 yes votes to 70 no- that's 97% in favor of a union! The hard work of countless graduate workers pays off!
BREAKING: Duke attys have indicated they intend to challenge the legal standing of grad workers as employees, aiming to reverse the NLRB’s 2016 Columbia decision.
@DukeU
: stop these reprehensible union-busting tactics, recognize our majority, and meet us at the bargaining table.
We just got word that an anonymous donor has agreed to match ALL DONATIONS THIS WEEK up to $10,000!!! Thank you so much to our generous donor and remember to donate to our Strike Fund ❤️:
GOLD stands with
@swcdartmouth
as they prepare to strike for the wages they deserve. We pledge to NOT buy from on-campus dining during their upcoming strike 🧵
Second year Thayer Ph.D. student Logan Mann’s powerful closing statement to his fiery speech at last week’s launch rally about our lack of a living wage and dire need for a grad student labor union!
@loganemann
Today, UC Santa Cruz, “UC’s most striking campus,” is the first to “stand up” in UAW 4811’s ULP strike. We walk out knowing the heat is concentrated on us, expecting admin to be more aggressive than in 2022, while also knowing there is a tidal wave of support behind us.
Last Friday, the members of UE Local 261, the Graduate Organized Laborers of Dartmouth (GOLD-UE) overwhelmingly ratified a first contract with Dartmouth College. ✊⚡️
@GOLDartmouth
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More than 400 graduate workers at Dartmouth have pledged to Vote Yes in our union election!
We’re voting YES because we deserve:
• a guaranteed living wage
• comprehensive benefits
• a safe & equitable workplace
• fairness for international students
Read more testimonies 🧵
As we enter a life-threatening cold snap, GOLD calls on Dartmouth to relocate SOJ tenants without heat, fully compensate them for maintenance failures, and terminate contracts with Michaels Student Living
If the mere prospect of unionization was enough to win the raise and benefits announced yesterday, just imagine what we will win at the bargaining table.
If you’re ready to join us to in building better lives for one another, sign your union card today:
Collective bargaining is the only way to secure the conditions that we deserve. It is clear that Dartmouth has the money to substantially improve graduate worker life, but will only do so if we stand together to demand it.
The claim that graduate fellows do not contribute to the institution's value is false, disrespectful, discriminatory, and illegal. They are instead hoping to produce hundreds of challenged ballots and delay bargaining through a years-long legal battle.
By coming together, we can beat back this legal tactic, and win our union. Here's the plan:
-If you ARE NOT on fellowship: cast your ballot for our union
-If you ARE on fellowship: withold your vote WALK OUT FOR VOTING RIGHTS from 10am-12pm on Tuesday April 11th
"We literally had more than half of our supporters sit out the election, and we still got 89% of the vote. Do you still want to mess around with us, Dartmouth?"
What a message. What organizing. Damn.
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‼️PLEASE READ‼️Kexin Cai, a graduate student at Dartmouth has been reported missing. Please keep an eye out for her as you go about your weekend and call the Lebanon Police if you have any information on her whereabouts!
These are pictures that eligible voters submitted when they pledged to vote YES. Crossed out pictures show grad students that Dartmouth intends to deny the right to vote
To
@DartGRAD
, you have made a terrible mistake. You still have time to change course. The grad student labor movement is over 20,000 strong, and will not tolerate these reprehensible union-busting tactics.
Dartmouth's claim that TAs = fellows = not workers is a new and bizarre one, which the NLRB has firmly rejected. However, Dartmouth has informed us that they are moving forward with this illegal union busting tactic. DO NOT CAST A CHALLENGED BALLOT. Attend the rally instead!
Formal recognition means that Dartmouth must meet us at the bargaining table! Grad workers unite!! Pledge to vote YES in the recognition election. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Stay tuned for details about when, where, and how the election will be held, so you can vote!🗳️☑️
Members showed up bright and early yesterday to picket outside the bargaining room. The message to the boss: no fair contract without real protections. Will the admin listen?
We remain clear that our full demands - including a raise of +$1668 per month - are necessary for all graduate students to escape rent burden.
These tentative offerings are insufficient attempts to meet our needs, and without a union, they can be easily taken away.
Our first bargaining session is today at 1PM EST! We are so excited to finally meet our employer at the table! Check your email for details on open bargaining.
Our letter delivered to President Hanlon during last week’s walkout reads: “We graduate workers of Dartmouth want to make it clear to the Board of Trustees, President Hanlon, Provost Kotz, & all of the Dartmouth administration that we are all workers…
We’re now offering ‘last-mile’ rides to grads to help them get to their new housing!
We’ve heard too many stories of incoming grads walking to their new homes from the bus stop because there weren’t reliable modes of transportation.
That ends now. Solidarity forever.
Earlier this week, we surpassed a majority of Dartmouth grad workers who say we NEED a union NOW!
Join over 500 of your colleagues by signing your union card today!
Come on out to the Green today at 3:30pm to join GOLD-UE’s Payday Picket! Dartmouth has withheld our member’s paychecks and we want to show them some union power! 💪❤️
We aren't sure how bad it will get, but if you are in a freezing apartment at SOJ tonight, DO NOT TRY TO TOUGH IT OUT, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL!
Call GOLD's Mutual Aid Movers at
802-649-6341
for temporary relocation!
📢📢 AFLCIO reps showed up to our picket to offer support and generously donated to our hardship fund! In their words: standing strong and not blinking is how we get what we deserve! ✊⚡️
Happy International Workers’ Day!
@GOLDartmouth
is on strike 🪧 SWCD is not going to work today to honor GOLD’s picket lines. See full statement below ⬇️
The moment you’ve been waiting for is finally here! Graduate workers at the University of Minnesota are signing cards in support of unionizing because we know we are stronger together–and that the U works because WE do! Learn more at
On Monday, we disrupted President
@sianbeilock
’s event to publicize our urgent demands regarding harassment and discrimination.
Our next bargaining session will be on 12/14 in Haldeman 031 from 9am-1pm. We expect the College to come prepared with a meaningful counter.
Undergrads should ask the question: If this administration believes that graduate instructors don't do real work and provide no value to the institution, where is your tuition money going? What are you paying for? Does this administration respect the rights of its students?
We have so much gratitude for those who laid the groundwork in the higher ed labor movement. This incredible wave we're riding didn't materialize overnight. We owe it to generations past, present, and future to harness the power we hold! Solidarity now & forever ✊
None of these unions, at least not the ones I talked with, used any shortcuts.
So, how did they pull of these huge wins with so few resources?
One thing several mentioned that didn't make the piece: all of us who came before made a difference.
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The College and property management have not announced any plans to relocate those affected. If you are in a freezing apartment tonight, DO NOT TRY TO TOUGH IT OUT! Temperatures will be deadly.
email GOLD for relocation to a couch or air mattress.
goldartmouth
@gmail
.com
We’ve received multiple reports from grad students living at Summit on Juniper that their apartments are without heat with no prompt solutions offered by building management.
If you are without heat and need space heaters or other items to keep warm, contact us!
BREAKING - 36,558 total votes were cast in UC Academic Workers’ Strike Authorization Votes, with 98% voting Yes to authorize a multi-unit strike if necessary. These are far and away the largest and most decisive strike authorization votes ever taken by Academic Workers in the US.
Roll for initiative! 🎲 GOLD-UE and The Fourth Place are teaming up for an extra special night of fun, D&D, and prizes! Top pledges get into a special D&D one-shot where the mighty gold kobolds face an evil, greedy green dragon! 🐉 More info in 🧵:
Brown’s Graduate Labor Organization’s push for unionization coincides with a wave of graduate labor movements after the pandemic from Dartmouth, Princeton, Stanford and beyond.
Very excited to announce we are officially requesting voluntary recognition today. A supermajority of graduate student have now signed cards. Dartmouth has the opportunity to be a leader in higher education by giving its graduate student workers a say at the bargaining table!
When we fight, we win. WALK-OUT from the office and join your union on the Green TODAY. The admin's stalling is unacceptable, and we will march to show the boss that we are firm in our resolve to fight and win a fair contract. ✊
Although the heat is still out in its grad student housing with no plans for relocation,
@dartmouth
was kind enough to warn us about the coming extreme cold and wind chills.
If you are in summit on Juniper without heat, email goldartmouth
@gmail
.com
After talking to our coworkers about the difficulty of running essential errands like grocery shopping without a car, we've decided to continue to organize free all-purpose ridesharing for grads.
Please help to distribute this flyer to other Dartmouth grads!
“To us, solidarity is not a word, it is a way of being. Life can be testing & lonely in Hanover & the Upper Valley. With solidarity, we transcend the limits of space, of time, and of our bodies…And all it takes to foster a world of solidarity is to dare to do it.” ✊