Bargaining Updates

Recently, you received communication from Dean David Chan regarding requests for information (RFIs) made by your elected bargaining representatives.  Requests for information put us on equal footing with the Caltech administration by ensuring that the same data is...

A six-session bargaining marathon concluded yesterday afternoon with several industry-leading protections for Caltech GSWs and postdocs. FOUR MAJOR WINS! Prohibition Against Discrimination, Unlawful Harassment, & Abusive Conduct A new standard among private...

Last Friday, 300 GSWs and Postdocs rallied to signal to the Caltech administration that existing protections like Title IX and current international scholar policies do not meet the needs of our academic community. We appreciate that the administration...

As you’ve seen in our previous emails, instagram, or twitter, hundreds of Postdocs and Graduate Student Workers (GSWs) are signing up here to gather this Friday, July 19th at noon on the Parsons-Gates lawn on campus to challenge Caltech administration’s position that...

RSVP and join hundreds of your fellow Graduate Student Workers and Postdocs to rally on campus next Friday, July 19th, 12-1pm! Why?Caltech administration wants to undercut our new timely and enforceable grievance process. They proposed during our last bargaining...

As Graduate Student Workers (GSWs) and Postdocs look forward to more bargaining at the end of the month after a well-attended June bargaining session, it’s important to remember that: we are the union, we enforce our contract, and we keep us safe. GSWs and Postdocs...

This week, over a hundred GSWs and Postdocs came all the way to the edge of old town Pasadena to demonstrate support for the Wages and Healthcare proposals put forth by our bargaining teams. By organizing in our labs, six Tentative Agreements (TAs) have been reached,...

Last week, administration and our bargaining teams reached a verbal agreement on the Grievance and Arbitration article, which became a Tentative Agreement on 5/31 following confirmation from Caltech administration. This article is crucial to our ability to enforce the...

I’m Jessica, a postdoc in BBE and one of your elected bargaining team members. I’m excited to give our first bargaining update from this week’s back to back sessions on 5/29 and 5/30! We proposed 16 articles, including Prohibitions against Discrimination, Harassment,...

TL;DR Collective bargaining info sessions - RSVP here Bargaining team nominations open on Monday, 3/25 Fill out the bargaining survey! My name is Jeremy, and I’m a GPS postdoc. As we start to gear up for collective bargaining it’s time to take a bit of a closer look...