GSWs United for Workplace Justice Over 3,000 Graduate Student Workers (GSWs) across the University of Southern California (USC) stand united in our fight for a more just and equitable workplace - and a stronger USC. After GSWs voted 93% YES this February to form our union, GSWOC-UAW, we’re now stepping up to create real change. This summer, GSWs made the following proposals at the bargaining table: Strong protections for discrimination, harassment, bullying, and abusive conduct: right to a timely and survivor-centered grievance process, interim measures for survivors, and peer-led trainings Support for International GSWs: wraparound onboarding support, coverage of visa fees, tax filing assistance, and real support (including a legal fund and paid time off) for immigration-related legal proceedings Union Security and Access: the ability to pool our resources together and build a strong union, including by exercising the right to organize on campus in our own workplacesUnion Rights: the ability to enforce our contract through a strong grievance and arbitration process We, the Graduate Student Workers of USC, do critical research that brings in tens of millions of dollars of grant money, teach tens of thousands of tuition-paying students, and make incalculably valuable contributions to the USC community. USC works because we do. We, the undersigned GSWs, demand that USC administration: Agree to our common-sense demands to make USC a better and more equitable place to work Bargain in good faith with GSWs, without delays Make a real commitment, beyond the bargaining table, to systemic change GSWs can only win big at the bargaining table if we build power with mass participation campuswide. Let's send a clear message to USC administration. Sign on to the letter and pledge to take action below! Question Title * 1. Contact Information Name Department/Program Email Phone Question Title * 2. Current job title TA RA AL Fellow/Trainee Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. GSWs across campus are taking action on August 31st to deliver this letter. Yes! I can save the date to join my co-workers at the event. Question Title * 4. To win a strong contract, I will Encourage my colleagues to sign onto this letter and attend the coordinated action on August 31st Share testimony about why I’m fighting for a more just and equitable workplace at USC Help deliver this letter to my department chair once a majority of my co-workers have signed on Ask my labmates, cohort-mates, etc. to take a “GSWs United for Workplace Justice” group photo once we have signed onto this open letter Done