GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University

Union of graduate student workers at Brown University #GLOUnion ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻 | @rifthp + @AFTunion Local 6516 | RTs ≠ endorsements.

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[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

We are now on the ~other~ app!
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[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

Good on @MSanchezPVD and @justinroias for stepping up when Mayor 🙃 would not. This is the kind of leadership our city needs, beginning with the needs of the most vulnerable and taking action to address them

[Providence City Council @pvdcitycouncil]

Efforts spearheaded by Councilors @MSanchezPVD and @JustinRoias to provide warm sanctuary away from the cold for Providence's unhoused community, including opening up the Council chamber overnight, were profiled today in @thenation by @thomasbirm.

"Yet the plan to protect the city’s unhoused residents only occurred thanks to direct actions spearheaded by councilmen Roias and Sanchez, actions that stand in contrast to the wave of criminalization and callousness toward homelessness that has increasingly swept urban areas across the country."

READ: https://t.co/3AliwiyMHK

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

Expect to hear more from Local 6516 about this after break. For now, Happy Holidays to all, even Brown's highly overcompensated executives ❤️ ❤️

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

🧵A day after sending heartfelt holidays wishes to the Brown community, Provost Francis J. Doyle III is back in our inboxes with the 🎁 of an austerity plan for Brown. As we imagine many of you have been busy with end of semester assignments, we'll give you an overview...

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

But it doesn't have to be this way. Workers can and should have a say in how Brown's considerable resources are used. As we continue to bargain several contracts with the university, we will push for living wages for Brown's workers and real transparency in its finances

[PittGradUnion @pittgradunion]

We won! #PittGradUnion #PittGrads #Pitt #PittRunsOnGrads #H2P #UnionYes

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

The PVD labor wave keep rolling 🌊🌊🌊

[Brown Daily Herald @the_herald]

BREAKING: Nine hundred and fifty medical residents and fellows at four hospitals affiliated with Brown’s Warren Alpert School of Medicine are seeking union representation, according to public filings with the National Labor Relations Board.

https://t.co/BK1xe1lWZ8

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

A university president with a seven figure salary will look you dead in the eyes and say “literature is just too expensive.”

[Lauren Lassabe Shepherd @llassabe]

Ah yes, it’s always the unionized grad student who are responsible for the demise of English, history, etc

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

Nothing but solidarity with @gradworkersofBU as they fight for their working lives.

This is the future that administrators have for higher ed: $100k a year in tuition while the university is stripped for parts. Our only defense is collective action

[BU Grad Workers @gradworkersofBU]

yep, it’s true: BU has suspended PhD admissions to the humanities and social sciences after grad workers won a 70% raise through a 7-month long strike. read our rank and file statement here:

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

Brown University pay taxes challenge (impossible)

[Mayor Brett Smiley @PVDMayor]

Big news for the @CityofProv! We’ve signed a historic PILOT agreement with @BrownUnivHealth (formerly Lifespan) to secure $1.5M in voluntary payments over 3 years — the largest in a decade. Together, we’re building a stronger, more sustainable future for our city.

[GWU Grad Workers United @gwugwunited]

We won our union! The real fight starts now. #gwu2

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

Never been a better time to organize!

[Lauren Kaori Gurley @LaurenKGurley]

The NLRB just banned companies nationwide from holding anti union "captive audience" meetings.

Amazon spent ~$17 million b/w 2022-2023 on consultants hired to convince its workers against unionizing.

The ruling will likely be reversed under Trump.
https://t.co/6eo5uBbvRT

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

Brown dragging their feet during contract negotiations? Who would've guessed!

https://t.co/MNycsrlMUA