by caltechgpu | Feb 25, 2025 | Updates
TL;DR: RSVP for our first social as UAW Local 2478: happening this Friday (2/28) from 4:30 to 7:00 PM in the Chen Zen Garden! We’ll be discussing the first draft of our new union’s bylaws which determine important things like the structure of our union’s government...
by caltechgpu | Feb 12, 2025 | Updates
My name is Nadia Suryawinata, a graduate student worker in BBE. I am proud to announce that now that we have ratified our first contract, we officially have won our union! Since contract ratification there are exciting new updates; both on interim union leadership as...
by caltechgpu | Feb 8, 2025 | Updates
On Friday evening, the Trump Administration announced that it was slashing grants funded by the National Institutes of Health by cutting the indirect cost rate, also known as “overhead”—the rate universities charge to cover facilities, utility costs, and more. On our...
by caltechgpu | Jan 30, 2025 | Bargaining, Updates
For the first time in history, Caltech Graduate Student Workers and Postdocs have a ratified contract, negotiated on equal footing with the Caltech administration. 60% of grads and postdocs voted, with 86% voting yes! This victory belongs to all of us—everyone who...
by caltechgpu | Jan 21, 2025 | Bargaining, Updates
TL;DR: WE HAVE REACHED A FULL TENTATIVE AGREEMENT! The ratification vote of said Tentative Agreement will be on January 28-29th through a secure, online vote. Read more about the vote to ratify our first union contract and find resources to help understand its...
