Email Digest
Resources for Fire Safety and Evacuation
Due to the fires burning in Eaton Canyon and Pacific Palisades, CGPU and other local UAW-affiliated unions are putting together a network of resources and volunteers willing to host evacuees. If you need to evacuate: Use this form to be connected to a host. If you can...
Strike Authorization Vote: We Said YES
My name is Desiderio; I’m a GSW in Computation and Neural Systems. At our 600-person membership meeting on Nov. 19th, we committed to collectively fight to build a Caltech for everyone. The results of the Strike Authorization Vote reflect that commitment: more than...
Strike Authorization Vote TOMORROW
Important reminder: the Strike Authorization Vote is TOMORROW! What: A secure, confidential vote to authorize your bargaining team to call for a strike IF circumstances justify it. This is NOT a vote to go on strike!When: Wed-Thurs, December 4-5 (polls open at 8am...
Membership Approves Resolution for Strike Authorization Vote
TL;DR: Hundreds decided at yesterday’s Mass Membership Meeting to call on our bargaining team to hold a Strike Authorization Vote (SAV) online on December 4th and 5th to win a fair contract. Commit to voting yes! Yesterday, grads and postdocs made history at Caltech....
Stand Up for Your Peers: Mass Membership Meeting Nov. 19th
TL;DR: We need a contract before Trump can re-enact regressive policies. RSVP for our Mass Membership Meeting on November 19th, 5 pm on Parsons-Gates Lawn to show the Caltech administration that we will not wait. I, like many of you, am processing the results of...
On Requests for Information
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...
Caltech leads beyond research: New wins from bargaining!
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...
Major Progress: Historic Win for Postdocs!
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...
ACTION REQUESTED: SIGN UP FOR FRIDAY, 12-1PM
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...
Colleagues Share: Why We Keep Us Safe
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...