Email Digest
Know your rights to vacation and flexible working hours
GSWs and postdocs in CCE and EAS have been reporting that they are receiving news about unexpected policy changes regarding job expectation, specifically hours spent in the laboratory/workplace, and consequently, allotment and tracking of vacation. The Interim...
Membership is an Investment – Bylaws Vote & International Worker Rights
TL;DR: Read our draft bylaws and submit amendment proposals by 3/16 to be discussed by members at our Bylaws Town Hall on 3/19 at 5 PM in Chen 100. No amendments to submit? No problem! RSVP to the Bylaws Town Hall anyway to learn more about our local structure. Don’t...
RSVP for the Bylaws Town Hall and give feedback on our draft bylaws
TL;DR: Read our draft bylaws and submit amendment proposals by 3/16 to be discussed by members at our Bylaws Town Hall on 3/19 at 5 PM in Chen 100. No amendments to submit? No problem! RSVP to the Bylaws Town Hall anyway to learn more about our local structure. Don’t...
Become a Union Member and Give Input on Our New Bylaws!
TL;DR: Starting now you can sign up to be a member of your union, Local 2478! Majority membership demonstrates our commitment to keeping each other safe, strengthens our union, and drives contract enforcement. Ahead of our bylaws ratification vote, all members have...
Bylaws Feedback Social Friday (2/28) at 4:30PM Chen Zen Garden
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...
Interim Union Leadership & More on Next Steps
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...
Major cut to NIH funding—learn more on Monday, take action 2/19
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...
We have a contract!
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...
READ FULL TENTATIVE AGREEMENT; Last Chance Picket CANCELED!
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...
Water/Mask Deliveries and Unsafe Working Conditions
TL;DR: Free water and mask deliveries coordinated through CGPU; temporary housing coordinated through CGPU; you have the right to refuse to work in unsafe conditions. Hi << Test First Name >>, The Eaton fire is affecting the air and water quality in and...