September 16, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lawrence, Kansas – On Wednesday, September 7, 2022, rank-and-file members of the Graduate Teaching Association Coalition (GTAC) AFT Local 6403 voted to ratify a new contract with the University of Kansas. This ratification concludes a rocky, years-long negotiations process between the GTA union and KU administration that first commencedContinue reading “KU GRADUATE STUDENT UNION VOTES TO RATIFY NEW CONTRACT AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION”
Author Archives: GTAC Union
Fact Finder Rules in Favor of Wage Increases for KU GTAs
On February 18, 2022, a fact finding hearing was held between GTAC’s negotiations team and KU administration. This was the result of an impasse that followed GTAC membership’s rejection of the proposed contract by a vote on Thursday, December 2, 2021. The Kansas Department of Labor impartial, neutral fact finder has ruled in favor ofContinue reading “Fact Finder Rules in Favor of Wage Increases for KU GTAs”
GTAC Stands in Solidarity with the Anonymous Members of the Mechanical Engineering Department
GTAC emailed the following statement to GTAs at KU on Monday, March 7, 2022: Dear fellow GTAs, On February 17, 2022, a KC Star article revealed allegations of a culture of abuse within the Mechanical Engineering Department of the School of Engineering. This culture enabled an abuser to evade consequences, endangered the victim as they were forcedContinue reading “GTAC Stands in Solidarity with the Anonymous Members of the Mechanical Engineering Department”