NU Graduate Workers
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Workers Over Deals (10/24) Day of Action
Workers Over Deals (10/24) Day of Action
Do you have a registration hold for not completing the 'anti-bias' training?
Do you have a registration hold for not completing the 'anti-bias' training?
NUGW-UE 1122 is organizing to support graduate workers who have not completed the “Building a Community of Respect and Breaking Down Bias” training. We are sending this survey to get an accurate picture of how many workers have not completed the training. Names of respondents to Question One will not be shared outside of the NUGW Local Executive Board.
KYR Resources - Google Drive
KYR Resources - Google Drive
Submit a Comment to DHS in Support of Non-Citizen Scholars - Action Network
Submit a Comment to DHS in Support of Non-Citizen Scholars - Action Network
UE members are coming together to oppose the Trump administration’s proposed rule to limit the length of time that international students are allowed to stay in the United States, and impose restr...
Grad Workers - Dental and Vision Benefit Signup
Grad Workers - Dental and Vision Benefit Signup
List of NUGW Benefits - 2025
List of NUGW Benefits - 2025
Sign up for benefits ASAP– the 2025 October 1st deadline approaching! Workers and organizers fought hard for the contract and its benefits, so let’s take advantage! Welcome to the 2025-2026 academic year grad workers! As was the case with the previous academic year, and as per our contract, you ...
RSVP! Orientation Event and Social
RSVP! Orientation Event and Social
Date & Time: 9/19/25; 5-10pm Location: Haymarket House, 800 Buena Please RSVP for this year’s orientation, visioning, and recruitment social with NUGW UE Local 1122. All members, new and old, and any new recruits from orientation are welcome. We’ll be joined by Northwestern University Postdoc Union (NUPU UE) among other locals on campus. At the start we’ll mingle and get together to discuss a shared vision for organizing plans for the year, with dinner, dancing, and drinks to follow! Masks will be available and required during the visioning portion of the event. To enjoy your rights as a member, you must sign up for NUGW membership here.
First Year? Sign up for the NUGW Email List!
First Year? Sign up for the NUGW Email List!
International Worker Power Panel
International Worker Power Panel
PLEDGE TO ACTION: NUGW-UE Militant Platform 2025
PLEDGE TO ACTION: NUGW-UE Militant Platform 2025
As a militant, rank-and-file union, we are devoted to an aggressive struggle to build strong collective power so that no one person is left behind. We the undersigned commit to militantly organize on the following platform: Protections for Non-Citizen Workers (See our Collectively Endorsed Expectations for NU Admin) Preservation of STEM Research Funding (See the Executive Board's Letter to Admin with Demands from the Survey on Funding Cuts) Defense of Trans Rights & Lives Fruition of a Diverse, Equitable, & Inclusive Workplace Data collected through this form will be used for internal organizing purposes only and managed in accordance with the Data Code of Ethics. Individual names will not be shared publicly without explicit consent.
Federal Funding Freeze Survey (Ongoing since 4/9)
Federal Funding Freeze Survey (Ongoing since 4/9)
The enemy of fear, panic, and oppression is hope, courage, and collective action. Everything that we have won as a union we have won together. We CAN move Northwestern and we have proven that over and over together. Its up to us now to decide what we want them to do!
Letter calling on NU Admin to Protect Non-citizen workers
Letter calling on NU Admin to Protect Non-citizen workers
April 7, 2025 Michael Schill, Office of the President, 633 Clark Street Evanston, IL 60208-1100 Dear President Schill, Northwestern University Graduate Workers (NUGW-UE 1122) expresses its deep concern at the federal government’s ongoing targeting of non-citizen graduate workers -- including...
STATEMENT: After Trump election, higher ed unions vow to keep up the fight
STATEMENT: After Trump election, higher ed unions vow to keep up the fight
Sign the Open Letter to Restore Advanced Student Funding!
Sign the Open Letter to Restore Advanced Student Funding!
Over the summer Northwestern University administrator's abruptly slashed Advanced Student Quarters, effectively forcing more than 100 graduate students to immediately upend their lives and search for employment. With this in mind, we urge the administration to return to their stated mission “to support the academic success of all our graduate students” by making good faith efforts to expand interdisciplinary graduate assistantships, establish clear timelines regarding the allocation of funding, restore Advanced Student Quarters to their previous budget, and return to the precedent of extending banked quarters beyond the sixth year of funding. Read the FULL Open Letter here PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR NU GRAD STUDENTS AND TO DEMAND ACTION FROM THE UNIVERSITY!
NUGW UE Local 1122 BDS Resolution Full Text
NUGW UE Local 1122 BDS Resolution Full Text
Resolution to support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement In response to calls from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions, NUGW-UE Local 1122 hereby adopts a resolution supporting and endorsing the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement working to pressure Israel to ...
NUGW Homepage
NUGW Homepage
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NEW Membership Cards (2024)
NEW Membership Cards (2024)
Sign a Member Card All RAs, TAs, GAs, and fellows who will receive the full benefits and protections of the contract, must choose to either:Become a member of NUGW-UE Local 1122 and pay dues ORNot become a member, and instead pay an agency fee to the Union.Dues fund a strong union that can win better
FERPA Release Link
FERPA Release Link
Text of Full Contract
Text of Full Contract
NUGW-UE - Get Involved!
NUGW-UE - Get Involved!
Want to get more involved by becoming a Department Organizer and/or joining one or more of our Committees? Let us know here and we'll follow up with you! All members are also welcome to join Organizing Committee (OC) meetings which occur weekly on Wednesdays at 5:30 pm in the NUGW-UE Office (708 Church St, Ste 234) and on Zoom. These meetings are dedicated to active organizing efforts around the most important issues our coworkers are facing. We welcome all to join these meetings when they can, in particular stewards, who members will become familiar with as point-people for union related matters over the year.
*new* Advanced Students Funding Survey
*new* Advanced Students Funding Survey
Email Admin about Funding Cuts!
Email Admin about Funding Cuts!
Open Letter to NU about Advanced Funding
Open Letter to NU about Advanced Funding
NUGW Palestine Solidarity Statement
NUGW Palestine Solidarity Statement
Sign on: The US Labor Movement Calls for Ceasefire in Israel and Palestine
Sign on: The US Labor Movement Calls for Ceasefire in Israel and Palestine
Know Your Unionizing Rights
Know Your Unionizing Rights
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