Sindicatos: Labor Unions Protecting Grad Workers and Standing in Solidarity

Three Graduate Employees' Organization representatives, Emma Wolters (PhD student in urban and regional planning, GTA, solidarity committee co-chair), Matthew Iannone (PhD student in sociology, solidarity committee and bargaining team) and Leslie, a PhD student, sketched exclusionary episodes in US labor history, the role of immigrant-led worker centers (ARISE Chicago, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Domestic Workers United, El Milagro), and GEO's bargaining pillars of financial well-being, protections and respect, noting that 56% of its unit is international or non-citizen. Audience Q&A covered AI, university finances and the 2024 SEIU strike. Latzer Hall.