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Grad Student Union Negotiations with Administrators: Where Are We Now?

Grad Student Union Negotiations with Administrators: Where Are We Now?

By Samantha Sinutko November 5, 2020

Georgetown University formally denied the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees’ grievance motion Oct. 8, setting up an arbitration process set to play out in the coming months.  The move...

VIEWPOINT: Protect Graduate Workers

VIEWPOINT: Protect Graduate Workers

Graduate students who work for Georgetown University in the essential roles of teaching and research are all too familiar with the way administrators unilaterally change the terms of our work — even...

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The Office of Undergraduate Admissions, housed in White-Gravenor Hall, accepted 13 percent of early applications for the Class of 2019

GAGE Turns to Arbitration To Resolve Contract Dispute With GU

By Samantha Sinutko September 19, 2020

Georgetown University’s graduate student union plans to enter arbitration proceedings with the school to resolve a contractual dispute, union leaders announced Friday afternoon.  Members of...

Georgetown Faculty, Graduate Workers Organize to Protest Racism

Georgetown Faculty, Graduate Workers Organize to Protest Racism

By Hansen Lian and Harrison McBride September 17, 2020

Georgetown University professors held teach-ins on anti-racist topics for two days instead of holding class as part of the first nationwide Scholar Strike for Racial Justice. Courtesy Sonoma State...

GAGE Hosts Rallies as Push for Graduate Worker Protections Continues

GAGE Hosts Rallies as Push for Graduate Worker Protections Continues

By Samantha Sinutko August 28, 2020

Georgetown University’s graduate student union held two separate rallies last week as part of an ongoing campaign demanding the university guarantee health and economic protections for graduate student...

AMANDA VAN ORDER/THE HOYA Graduate Student workers voted to unionize after a yearlong push to receive recognition from the university

GAGE Ramps Up Pressure on University as Fall Negotiations Stall

By Samantha Sinutko August 18, 2020

Georgetown University’s graduate student union is launching a digital pressure campaign on administrators after reports that the university has refused to formally guarantee health and economic protections...

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Proposed ICC renovations include new study-friendly furniture and lighting.

GAGE Pushes for Guaranteed Graduate Worker Protections as Fall Semester Nears

By Samantha Sinutko July 26, 2020

Georgetown University’s graduate student union is pressuring administrators to negotiate aspects of the school’s fall reopening plan after raising concerns about graduate workers’ safety should...

Georgetown Graduate Students Ratify 1st Union Deal After Hard-Fought Negotiations

Georgetown Graduate Students Ratify 1st Union Deal After Hard-Fought Negotiations

By Samantha Sinutko and Jaime Moore-Carrillo May 11, 2020

Members of Georgetown University’s graduate student union ratified the union’s first contract with the university May 8 after months of negotiations, renewed strike efforts and an extensive online...

GAGE Reinvigorates Strike Efforts Amid Yearlong Contract Negotiation

GAGE Reinvigorates Strike Efforts Amid Yearlong Contract Negotiation

By Samantha Sinutko March 9, 2020

The Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees assembled in the Intercultural Center Galleria with signs reading “Hey Admin it’s been a year!” and “Fair contract now” to fight for an improved...

GAGE Begins Fall Contract Negotiations With University

GAGE Begins Fall Contract Negotiations With University

By Annalise Myre January 31, 2020

The Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees has entered into negotiations with Georgetown University by engaging in weekly bargaining sessions in an attempt to finalize its first union contract. Every...

GAGE/FACEBOOK | Graduate student workers are prioritizing worker compensation and health insurance coverage as the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees prepares to start contract negotiations with the university.

Graduate Union Seeks to Raise Compensation, Insurance Coverage

By Afua Nyantakyi February 14, 2019

The Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees elected 14 members to the union’s bargaining committee Feb. 8 as it prepares to begin negotiating worker contracts with the university. The bargaining...

Graduate Student Workers Vote to Unionize

By Amy Li November 16, 2018

Graduate student workers voted in favor of unionization in an election last week after a yearlong push to receive official recognition from the university as a union. A majority of graduate students...

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