WHOI Grad Student Union

Working to make #WHOI a safe and comfortable environment for all graduate-student workers.

[WHOI Grad Student Union @WHOIGradUnion]

According to an outside consulting firm hired by #WHOI, ~16%~ of students have BEEN HOMELESS. We work at the best oceanographic institution in the world and SIXTEEN PERCENT OF US HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ACTUALLY FIND HOMES

[UE @ueunion]

The @WHOIGradUnion held a rally last month to pressure their employer to include fellows in their contract language. The union has been focused on ensuring that all grad workers, regardless of their funding source, are treated equally under their employment terms.

[WHOI Grad Student Union @WHOIGradUnion]

Today was our second contract negotiation session with @WHOI admin. Disappointingly, WHOI did not provide our Union any counter proposals this session. Despite overwhelming evidence, WHOI also continues to insist fellows do not work here.

[UMN Graduate Labor Union- UE 1105 @umnglu]

In response to the University of Minnesota's decision to stop bargaining with GLU-UE Local 1105, we need YOUR help to put pressure upon the university to return to the bargaining table.

Templates for phone calls and email templates can be found at https://t.co/JRToy73hfU

[WHOI Grad Student Union @WHOIGradUnion]

Take a look back in time with this work from a union worker!

[Shawn Wang @sywang2]

Excited to share our new paper on the drivers of Southeast Asian droughts and floods! Big shoutout to my advisor Caroline, @Hung_TT_Nguyen and other coauthors! #OpenAccess https://t.co/eAKaSVIGVA

[WHOI Grad Student Union @WHOIGradUnion]

Bargaining Committee member @KJEHickman being amazing- as always!

[K. J. E. Hickman (they/them) @KJEHickman]

It’s been a delight to work on this article with @k_atherton1 for the @SciPolRev at MIT. I’m proud to finally share it with you. My greatest hope is that this article will act as a catalyst to enhance the inclusion of fungi in public policy initiatives. Enjoy 🍄

[WHOI Grad Student Union @WHOIGradUnion]

More amazing work from an amazing grad worker! Go check it out!

[WHOI Grad Student Union @WHOIGradUnion]

WHOI Grad Worker, @soFISHtication, has had such a great run on Sci Show! Go check it out!!!

[🦈Shark Lady🦈 @soFISHtication]

Oh, you want a thread 🧵 of all my @SciShow videos that have been released so far? I gotchu covered!

First, allow me and the one and only @hankgreen to answer some of your burning fish questions!

https://t.co/YSas7fHaPG

[WHOI Grad Student Union @WHOIGradUnion]

About to walk into our first contract negotiation with @WHOI admin. We're looking forward to a good faith discussion on how to improve the life of all graduate workers at this institution!!! ✊

[Columbia Postdoctoral Workers - UAW Local 4100 @CPWUAW]

🚨We want to say congratulations to @rupostdocunion! With this election, NYC gains another postdoc union and our collective power keeps growing! Welcome to the @uaw and @UAWRegion9A family!🎉🎉#WhenWeFightWeWin

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

Strong evidence showing that getting a PhD is extremely bad for your mental health.

A new paper uses Swedish medical records and matches them to the full population of PhD students for which the authors could get gender and birth year data from 2006 to 2017. After some exclusion criteria, they end up with a sample size of 20,085 individuals.

The paper compares PhD students to those who have masters degrees and don't start a PhD program.

Before starting a PhD program, people who stop at a masters and those who go on to seek a PhD have similar rates of psychiatric medication use and hospitalization.

A few years into a PhD program, however, 40% more individuals are on psychiatric medications, before the number falls off as people leave or finish their studies.

You see the same pattern with psychiatric hospitalizations. PhD students are up to 150-175% more likely to be hospitalized after starting a program!

These are incredible numbers, too massive to be the result of chance or a flaw in the methodology. This is comparing the same people over time.

If you're considering a PhD program, and the terrible job prospects and waste of time aren't enough, here's yet another reason to stay away.

[WHOI Grad Student Union @WHOIGradUnion]

Announcing the ✨officially recognized✨ WHOI Graduate Student Union! After many years of dedicated organizing, the WHOI Graduate Workers have finally received official recognition and can now begin contract negotiations for our very first contract with @WHOI!

[UE @ueunion]

Unions representing over one million workers released a statement today in support of campus protesters at colleges and universities across the country.

Read the full statement: https://t.co/X2asEiXGnX

[UAW @UAW]

"It’s necessary to take a step back and acknowledge that any ambitious strategy for unionizing millions will entail lots of losses along the way... Winning big and winning at scale require taking many more risks and relying less on staff."

https://t.co/01HTRd5A4R

[Adam Conover @adamconover]

The only thing that cures homelessness is housing.

[WHOI Grad Student Union @WHOIGradUnion]

A union member's work given awesome recognition!

[Dr Ciara Willis @seaWillis]

"We know now that top predators that are already part of important commerical fisheries like tuna get 60% or more of their diet from animals that live in the #OceanTwilightZone"🐟My PhD thesis results featured on @TEDTalks as part of Audacious Dreams! https://t.co/7k4pWsygI5 2:54

[WHOI Grad Student Union @WHOIGradUnion]

@vanessainstem A union member!

[WHOI Grad Student Union @WHOIGradUnion]

Peep our new logo 👀👀👀🤩🤩🤩

[UE @ueunion]

After two weeks on the picket line, UE Local 261-GOLD members at Dartmouth College hit another bargaining milestone last Thursday when they won their demand for free employer-sponsored dental coverage.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Today student-workers at UC Santa Cruz, members of @uaw_4811, are going on strike.

They're walking out to demand that administrators negotiate with demonstrators, stop violently repressing student protests, and provide amnesty for protesters who were punished.

[WHOI Grad Student Union @WHOIGradUnion]

The workers will win. Say it back.

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

The workers will win. Say it back.