https://wugwu.org/actions daily 0.75 2026-03-25 https://wugwu.org/actions/wugwu-meeting-danforth-campus-1 monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://wugwu.org/actions/wugwu-meeting-med-campus monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://wugwu.org/actions/wugwu-meeting-danforth-campus monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://wugwu.org/actions/event-four-nh4cl monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://wugwu.org/actions/event-one-2fsnj monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://wugwu.org/actions/event-five-68w52 monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://wugwu.org/actions/event-three-ke39p monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://wugwu.org/actions/event-two-78klm monthly 0.5 2023-02-08 https://wugwu.org/about daily 0.75 2024-10-10 https://wugwu.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2024-01-28 https://wugwu.org/mailing-list daily 0.75 2024-10-02 https://wugwu.org/home daily 1.0 2025-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee4c01463842071d174856a/0070ac2e-445f-439f-a21e-b6a71b0287f3/image_2023-01-12_133714757.png New Home Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee4c01463842071d174856a/1601429951158-QMW4N6GW8LHZB8UZENJA/110322891_2362215777415538_4903567131959465920_o.jpg New Home Page https://wugwu.org/faq daily 0.75 2024-01-28 https://wugwu.org/academic-workers-unions daily 0.75 2025-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee4c01463842071d174856a/b0920fda-4679-4d75-b35f-311d4330d9dc/wgw+logo+%5BAutosaved%5D.png What Student Workers Have Won - Increased wages Yale’s recent contract will raise graduate worker’s raises 15.4% to 19.2% in the spring of 2024, to a minimum of $48,330. USC’s contract boosts the minimum salary 12%, from $35,700 to $40,000. Harvard’s GSA has won 10% raises, giving graduate workers a minimum salary of $50,000. Workers at Columbia, MIT, and many others have also won substantial raises through their union contracts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee4c01463842071d174856a/1618262105591-VIR4RHALLDINCTXWI539/Image+from+iOS.jpg What Student Workers Have Won - Better healthcare and childcare Columbia’s student workers created a healthcare-support fund to expand to healthcare reimbursements for workers and their dependents. UW’s contract lowered deductibles, ensured gender-affirming care, and improved coverage for mental health services. Yale’s contract includes a comprehensive dental plan with a $0 deductible and 100% coverage for routine dental care. UC’s contract increased childcare subsidies by 27% and improved healthcare coverage for dependents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee4c01463842071d174856a/1593465785649-JS9H3AEL4QQPEGC2JFVJ/1592959261216_794525354.jpg What Student Workers Have Won - Paid leave and disability justice After unionizing, UC student workers won paid parental, medical, and disability leave. NYU’s contract also guarantees paid medical leave. UC, MIT, NYU, and Harvard contracts all encode a right to reasonable accommodations for disabled graduate student workers. Workers at these institutions can enforce their right to an accessible workplace through the union grievance process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee4c01463842071d174856a/504de81c-0b92-4867-a9ca-68aa4593b799/214148_1336634.jpg.1500x1000_q95_crop-smart_upscale-132837397.jpg What Student Workers Have Won - Protection from discrimination & harassment Reporting harassment, abuse, or discrimination in a university setting can be confusing and retraumatizing. Universities sometimes fail to follow their own policies, and at WashU, confidence in HR is low. With a union, student workers facing discrimination and abuse don’t have to contend with this bureaucracy alone - most graduate worker contracts ensure that student workers get union support when they report harassment or discrimination, ensure that complaints are addressed in an enforceable timeline, and allow for resolution by a neutral third-party, which ensures that administration doesn’t get the final say. At UConn and UC, student workers have reported that they were able to resolve harassment cases through their union after their universities failed to protect them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee4c01463842071d174856a/1593465766403-K5VKVID0NG9TGPMZVVFP/44772664_1949647142005739_5812328518113034240_n.jpg What Student Workers Have Won - What is important to you? It’s your union. If you could change something about your working conditions, what would it be? Will you join us now to make that future a reality? https://wugwu.org/wugwu-in-the-media daily 0.75 2024-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee4c01463842071d174856a/1601430154502-9YQKKR5ZAIVKSSH0RSS5/59323808_2044824805821305_8222469903257436160_n.jpg What We've Accomplished - A successful Fight for $15 at WashU WUGWU was part of a coalition of organizations that won a $15 minimum wage for workers at WashU, including graduate student workers, housekeepers, and food service staff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee4c01463842071d174856a/0070ac2e-445f-439f-a21e-b6a71b0287f3/image_2023-01-12_133714757.png What We've Accomplished - Off-campus advocacy We have joined state and national coalitions to improve working conditions, stop union-busting, protest police brutality, and expand Medicaid in Missouri. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee4c01463842071d174856a/7dce31e1-33d1-4342-8f67-5e48065abe6e/United_States_Capitol_Building_Dome.jpg What We've Accomplished - Preventing unfair taxes on graduate students WUGWU member Ben Groebe was arrested at a sit-in in Paul Ryan’s office while protesting a bill that would have made tuition waivers taxable income. The GOP tax plan was eventually defeated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee4c01463842071d174856a/c7a82660-027d-42d2-96c0-1e299810d7a0/image000001.jpeg What We've Accomplished - Protecting graduate workers WUGWU’s campaigns on campus have helped to reinstate back pay, won summer pay, and won dental insurance and lower out-of-pocket premiums for graduate workers. We have also actively worked to support graduate students facing harassment at WashU.