Julia Huggins

PhD Student in Modern Culture & Media at Brown University

[Julia Huggins @JuliaBuggins]

Congratulations to @talabororg on filing with the NLRB! The CS TAs at Brown deserve to have a say in their working conditions!

[CS TA Labor Org (TALO) at Brown University @talabororg]

We're excited to announce that TALO has taken the next step toward the unionization of undergrad CS TAs at Brown by filing with the NLRB!!

[Julia Huggins @JuliaBuggins]

📢 Wonderful news about MFA actors and directors in the Brown/Trinity Rep program unionizing! 🎊

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

Brown/Trinity MFA grads unionize, requesting voluntary recognition as employees of Brown University represented by GLO! These grads perform valuable labor and deserve to have a voice in the conditions of their work alongside all grad workers at Brown! Link to B/T statement in bio

[Gabrielle Khoriaty @gakhoriaty]

Calling for change, @NorthwesternGW rallied on Deering Meadow this week to launch its official union campaign. Yesterday's story for @NNN_News from me and @jenny_huh. 1/2

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

Jeremiah is being forced out of his program and could lose his visa, because he can't afford tuition - in spite of having worked since he got here. While he’s fighting for fair pay, he's started a GoFundMe to help with his tuition. You can support him at https://t.co/7CGIslX9Kd

[Julia Huggins @JuliaBuggins]

Please contribute what you can to help Jeremiah finish his program at @BrownUniversity: https://t.co/oYNR99yj6k

[Vanderbilt Graduate Workers United (VGWU) @VandyGradUnion]

Vanderbilt University's endowment grew by over 57% last year, to $10.9 billion. So, can the admin afford to subsidize dental & vision care so their grad workers can have healthy mouths and eyes? The answer is yes. But will they do it? That's up to you. https://t.co/mkv5m47Me0

[Julia Huggins @JuliaBuggins]

Petition is nearly at 1,000 signatures! Let's double it! Please share to ensure Karina, Jeremiah, and Clew can finish their programs at
@BrownUniversity! @GradLaborOrg https://t.co/ZIv4JR4CLi

[Harvard Grad Students Union-UAW Local 5118 @hgsuuaw]

Harvard University found that anthropologist John Comaroff violated its sexual harassment policies. He’s teaching this term anyway. Accountability means more than a slap on the wrist. Come to our rally on September 6 at 3 PM in the Science Center Plaza and tell Harvard

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

🚨 URGENT ACTION ALERT 🚨

Brown is unfairly forcing 3 grads out of their programs!

Join us in telling Brown that they must SUPPORT the grads they ACCEPT!
A commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion does not end at a press release!

SIGN and SHARE our PETITION
link in bio

[Julia Huggins @JuliaBuggins]

@BrownUniversity needs to support the grads it accepts - and it can. Three grads are being unfairly forced out of their programs. Read more and sign the petition to stand with Jeremiah, Karina, and Clew here: https://t.co/eaPz77sOkQ via @CdnChange

[Brown Daily Herald @the_herald]

Supporters of @GradLaborOrg rallied in the rain yesterday to protest pay cuts in the computer science and planetary science departments.

https://t.co/vuPI2DO0ql

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

Huge thank you to Brown grad workers who rallied in the rain today to #ProtectOurRaise! "Solidarity forever."

[Julia Huggins @JuliaBuggins]

Splish splash, @GradLaborOrg says HELL NO TO RAISE SLASH! Organizer extraordinaire 😍Sherena Razek😍 puts it pithily:

[MIT Graduate Student Union @MITGradUnion]

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!

[Rachel Nusbaum @r_nusbaum]

Brown grad workers out in the rain, getting loud to #ProtectOurRaise

[Julia Huggins @JuliaBuggins]

@GradLaborOrg Thank you to everyone at @GradLaborOrg for your outstanding work - way to rock bargaining! Excited to celebrate this massive win (an effective raise of 12.9%) with fellow grads, undergraduate allies, and union supporters <3 Hope to see gains like this at other institutions SOON!

[Northwestern University Graduate Workers (NUGW) @NorthwesternGW]

As one of our members said, this could, should, and WILL be us.

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

We won a raise! Admin offers to raise grad salary to $42,412 ! The Bargaining Committee is excited to bring this to members for a ratification vote! Join us tomorrow at noon for our town hall where members will discuss the Tentative Agreement and kick off the vote! link in bio!

[GradLaborOrg (GLO) at Brown University @GradLaborOrg]

Instead of offering grad workers a real raise to a living wage, @BrownUniversity's proposed hiring another administrator "focused on graduate student resource and financial advising." While 100s of grads are using food banks, admin seems to think we just don't know how to budget.

[Rachel Nusbaum @r_nusbaum]

Brown admin had a lot to say about grads’ choices—like basic emotional connection or transportation—but crickets on their own choice to underpay grad workers, despite massive fundraising hauls and explosive endowment growth.