Bargaining For Our First Contract
This is where you can find up to date information on the status of our contract negotiations, as well as see recent updates and review the proposals we have made as well as from the UNH Administration.
Bargaining Updates
This semester, a majority of UNH graduate workers signed our petition demanding fair pay and benefits. At the USNH Board of Trustees meeting last Friday (March 20th), members of our union, along with allies, occupied the room to deliver that petition and tell the board that UNH needs to pay its grad workers a living…
Yesterday, during the President and Provost’s State of the University Presentation, we called them out on their disregard for our struggles as graduate workers. In their 40-minute presentation, they first highlighted some of the University’s notable achievements, such as being the “#1 value public university in New England” and producing high-caliber research. We all know…
Continue Reading Graduate Workers Walk Out of the ‘State of the University’
We have several important events coming up! General Membership Meeting – Monday, 2/9 at 5:00 PM, McConnell 240 Zoom link: <<redacted>> This is an important meeting to prepare for upcoming organizing actions and an opportunity to meet and connect with other grad workers. At this meeting we will: Talk through our strategy for winning better…
This semester, we have a full slate of actions planned, and it starts with a Community Art Build on Thursday 1/29 from 11:00 AM at Dimond Library 3d floor. From 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, we’ll come together to make signs, design flyers, and build other materials we’ll use in actions throughout the semester. At 1:00 PM, we’ll head to Thompson…
Continue Reading Help Win a Fair Contract – Community Art Build 1/29
After a long four months, UNH finally returned to the bargaining table with their remaining “counterproposals” to our reasonable economic proposals. On Wednesday, they delivered six responses that fall woefully short of meeting our needs. Our proposals:Their responses:Immediate 15-18% stipend increases, 5% annual raises, plus backpayEstablishment of a fund for International Workers to help with…
Continue Reading 12/17 Bargaining Update – UNH Refuses to Give Us Raises
After cancelling multiple bargaining sessions due to having no counters to our economic articles, which the Bargaining Committee proposed more than two months ago, the university finally returned to the table yesterday. What they brought with them was beyond disappointing; it was insulting and a clear indication of what the university thinks of our needs. The five…