worker rights

Georgetown Graduate Student Workers Need a Union

Georgetown Graduate Student Workers Need a Union

A DSC-conducted survey of Ph.D students found that 80 percent of approximately 160 respondents want a union for graduate workers. This is why several of us are beginning a new group, Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees (GAGE), to campaign for a graduate worker union.  

Grad Students Discuss Unionization At Town Hall

Grad Students Discuss Unionization At Town Hall

During the town hall, members of the Doctoral Students’ Coalition (DSC) presented the findings from their unionization working group. In anticipation of the NLRB ruling last August, the 15 member unionization working group read union contracts of other unionized students, became familiarized with Just Employment Policy, and spoke with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), American Federation of Teachers, and unionized graduate students from other universities.