The Boston University Graduate Workers Union has entered its 10th week of striking against the BU administration. Here is everything you need to know about BUGWU so far.
BU’s current policies impose a mental burden for graduate student workers, who are approaching their third week of striking for higher wages, better benefits and university acknowledgement.
An RA signed her contract for the following year. Then, she was fired. Guensly Desir was all set to RA for the 2023-24 academic year. That was until she got fired less than a week before the semester started due to the enforcement of a GPA policy.
Starbucks workers went on a one-day strike, forming a picket line outside 874 Commonwealth Ave. on Monday to protest their employer’s unfair labor practices and to celebrate International Workers’ Day.
Boston University residential life workforce announced their formation of a union at a rally in front of the George Sherman Union on Wednesday afternoon.
Boston University Graduate Workers Union announced they rejected the University’s proposal of voluntarily recognizing a unit that includes PhD candidates but excludes non-PhD graduate students and “non-service” PhD workers.
Last week, Harvard University research and teaching assistants voted to unionize, allowing them to collectively bargain with the university for better conditions and payment. This historic result prompts questions of similar efforts occuring at Boston University.
Despite modest progress achieved under the Obama administration, graduate student unions, including those at Boston University, are losing hope as they push for recognition and contracts.
Last year,...
In a recent effort to improve working conditions and benefits, Boston University graduate students began to push toward unionization in cooperation with the Service Employees International Union Local...
Boston University full-time and salaried instructors and lecturers voted to unionize with the Service Employees International Union Local 509 following a final ballot count Wednesday. The win merged...
Full-time and salaried Boston University instructors and lecturers will receive mail-in ballots from the National Labor Relations Board to vote and unionize with the Service Employees International...
