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A photograph of several Grinnell students standing in a circle, two holding signs reading "UGSDW on strike"

Grinnell College Refuses to Bargain Due to Strike; UGSDW Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge as Strike Continues

The college unilaterally declared impasse after falsely declaring student workers’ strike “unlawful”

A photograph of several student workers standing. One holds a sign reading "UGSDW on strike"

Grinnell College Student Workers Strike for Campus-Wide Contract as College Circulates False Claims about Legality

Student Workers begin strike amid threats, intimidation from Grinnell College

Worker Power, Edition 11

The Case for a Strike Date

A graph comparing the college's base wage, $8.24, the college's proposal, $10.75, the wage adjusted if it had increased at the same rate as tuition since 2005, $18.83, and UGSDW's proposed wage, $20.00.

Worker Power, Edition #10

A large group of student workers marches across campus carrying pro-union signs and banners

Worker Power, Edition #9

UGSDW's bargaining team sits at the bargaining table as the College's team leaves

Worker Power, Edition #8

Worker Power, Edition #7

A photograph of UGSDW's bargaining team at the table in JRC 101, facing the College's Bargaining Team during the first bargaining session

Worker Power, Edition #6

UGSDW Opening Statement

Worker Power, Edition #5

A photograph of hundreds of student-workers gathered in Main Quad

Worker Power, Edition #4

A photograph of several student-workers standing on a lawn, raising their fists

Worker Power, Edition #3

A photograph of many student-workers sitting at tables during the general meeting.

Worker Power, Edition #2

Worker Power, Edition #1

College Voluntarily Recognizes CAs as a part of UGSDW

STATEMENT: Protect Abortion Rights for All: Fight Supreme Court’s Attack on Reproductive Health

Photo by Maddi Shinall

UGSDW wins Historic Union Election

STATEMENT: Iowa’s Anti-Trans Law Must Go!

General Meeting

One Big Union: Grinnell College Student Workers File for Campus-Wide Union; College Agrees to Respect Election Results

Student Workers at the "Meet the Dining Director" event

Grinnell College Illegally Threatens UGSDW

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At General Meeting, UGSDW Announces Campaign for $15 an Hour, Students Share Experiences with Understaffing

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Mailroom Workers’ Fight for Demands Continues with Poster Action

Rally Outside JRC

Mailroom Workers Demand End to Toxic Work Environment

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UGSDW Approves New Dining Contract

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Solidarity with K-SWOC

UGSDW President Ryland Rich Speaks at May Day Event

UGSDW Considers Multi-Union Affiliation

Update on Mailroom Safety Campaign

Mailroom Workers Organize

2020 End of Year Update

Statement on College Loan Announcement

Haverford Solidarity Statement

Dining Unit Members Reject College’s Final Offer

Letter to President Anne Harris

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Black Lives Matter

Work Study Transparency Petition Delivered!

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Petition for Work Study Transparency

COVID-19 Open Letter to President Kington

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COVID-19 Updates (March 31st, 2020)

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Our Next Steps in the Time of COVID-19

Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation and the Unist’ot’en house group

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A New Beginning in Our Fight

Union vote

UGSDW Members Elect 2020 Executive Board

Student worker speaking at the Enough Waiting rally

Trustees: No Decision on Expansion in 2019; Student Workers Rally Against Delays

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Trustees Delay on Expansion Again; UGSDW Announces Next Phase of Organizing.

Isaiah Gutman '23 in the UGSDW Office

First Year Student: Why I am Fighting for Union Expansion

Student workers protested against the Board's delay in May.

Statement on Board of Trustees Delay of Vote on Partial Expansion

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Alumni: It is Time for Trustees to Accept Selective Expansion

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Student Dining Workers Ratify New Contract with Grinnell College for Academic Year 2019-2020

UGSDW Members Protesting to Demand Conversation on Expansion

Moving Backward: Statement on May 7 Student Campus Memo

Union vote

Members Elect Fall 2019 Executive Board

UGSDW members occupying Nollen House on Dec. 14, 2018

Statement on Feb. 21 Special Campus Memo

Letter sent to Grinnell's Board of Trustees

Our Letter to the Board of Trustees

UGSDW members sing at a meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Trustees Walk Out as UGSDW Asks for Dialogue

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UGSDW Unearths Evidence of Racial Discrimination at the Spencer Grill

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UGSDW’s New Year Resolution

Union members occupy Grinnell's administrative building.

Grinnell College Sent Backpedaling After Successful Student Demonstration

UGSDW march, December 7. Photo by Winnie Commers.

UGSDW Withdraws Petition, Seeks to Preserve Rights of Student Workers; Grinnell Opposes

UGSDW members march to protest Grinnell's actions

Grinnell College, Running Scared… to Trump

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Grinnell College Deals Fatal Blow to Civil Discourse… Again.

Student protesters marching

Grinnell College Threatens Union Members in Latest Blow to Civil Discourse

Final tally of ballots

Student Workers: We’re Stickin’ with the Union

A Case for UGSDW for All

Proskauer Rose's headquarters in New York

Statement on Nov. 19 Special Campus Memo

Statement on Nov. 12 Special Campus Memo

NLRB Hearing, October 18, 2018

Student Workers Prevail as NLRB Directs Union Election

Authorizations from Student Workers

UGSDW Files for Election, Paving the Way for Campus-wide Union

Wage Increase for Dining Services in Academic Year 2018-2019

UGSDW FY2018 Financial Report

End-of-Year Financial Report

Joe Rosenfield Center, where Dining Services is located

UGSDW Wins Reinstatement for Student Employees

A Response to President Kington

Grinnell’s Anti-worker Agenda

Langston Thomas, speaking

The Most Unionized Campus in America

Workers at Grinnell's dining hall

Student Dining Workers Ratify New Contract with Grinnell College

Members Reject Grinnell’s Final Offer — Again

Bob's Underground Cafe

Statement on the Closing of Bob’s Underground Cafe and Lyle’s Pub

Financial Report

End-of-Year Financial Report

Members Unanimously Reject College Proposal

Grinnell’s Final Offer

Cleveland Beach

May Day Barbecue

Ballot box

2017–2018 Officer Elections

Equal Wage Protest

Equal Wage Protest a Success!

Equal Wage Protest

Campus

Grinnell, Stop Cheating Your Workers

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UGSDW Endorses Summer White for SGA President

Experience Pay Bonuses

Spencer Grill

UGSDW Begins Unionization of the Spencer Grill

Meeting

First Contract Ratified!

Bargaining Team

Tentative Agreement Reached