Email Digest

Our monthly membership meeting will take place TODAY at 5:30pm, in the Feynman Lecture Hall (201 E. Bridge, see map below). We just finished our first elections as a new union to elect our Executive Board and stewards, in which over 206 members voted! We are planning...

Our monthly membership meeting will take place at 5:30pm on Thursday, May 29th in the Feynman Lecture Hall (201 E. Bridge). We are planning to continue our discussions on science funding and the challenges facing international workers on campus. The meeting will be...

As members of our union’s elections committee, we’re writing with a reminder that our union’s first ever executive board and steward election is scheduled for May 27-28. Our open nomination period closed on May 13th; statements provided by each candidate can be read...

As members of UAW 2478’s elections committee, we’re writing with the exciting news that our union’s first ever leadership election has been scheduled for later this month! Our election will be run via a secure online platform on May 27th and 28th; your private,...

TL;DR: We’ve taken several actions to support science funding and international students over the past month, and received our contracted $800 bonus! Next month: executive board and steward elections. Happy May Day! On this International Workers’ Day, let’s reflect on...

Caltech has a responsibility to protect its international scholars, which make up over half of its graduate student workers (GSW) and postdoc population. The GSWs and postdocs of UAW 2478, in solidarity with these international scholars, have written a list of demands...

TL;DR:GSWs and Postdocs unite at this critical juncture! On Friday, April 25th, workers will be delivering this list of demands to Caltech’s administration. RSVP here! Over the last two months, we have seen academic scholars targeted, across the US, in a broad federal...

Important reminder: our Kill the Cuts rally is TOMORROW, 4/8! Remember to wear your CGPU shirt! If you have a metro card, bring it; we will have many metro cards available if you cannot. At 10:30 tomorrow morning, hundreds of Caltech grads and postdocs will gather...

TL;DR: Our bylaws have been ratified and our contract is now in effect! RSVP to next Tuesday's 4/8 “Kill the Cuts” protest where we will march in DTLA with other Grad and Postdoc Unions to protest federal attacks on science funding. Yesterday, our union contract, the...

TL;DR: You must be a union member to vote on our union bylaws this Monday 3/31. RSVP to the Tuesday 4/8 “Kill the Cuts” protest where we will march in DTLA with other Grad and Postdoc Unions to protest federal attacks on science funding. As we build towards a Caltech...