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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS GRADUATE EMPLOYEE UNION STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH UC STRIKE
Workers Picket in San Diego, CA – November, 2022. Photo courtesy of Fair UC Now. Friday, November 25, 2022 Lawrence, KS – The KU graduate employee union stands in solidarity with the four bargaining units of precarious and contingent academic workers on strike at the University of California. Public agencies have a special obligation to…
GTAC CONDEMNS KU HOLDING INDIGENOUS ANCESTRAL REMAINS ON CAMPUS
November 10, 2022 The Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition (GTAC AFT-Local 6403) is in solidarity with all Indigenous students, employees, and communities who are affected by the University of Kansas holding Indigenous human remains and funerary items. It is the responsibility of the university as an institution of knowledge, a public entity, and a community of…
KU GRADUATE STUDENT UNION VOTES TO RATIFY NEW CONTRACT AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION
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 commenced…
General Meeting Minutes – November 16, 2021
Agenda Officer reportsNegotiations update Organizing updateAnnouncements Minutes All executive board present.Finance: balance presented to membersSecretary: Nothing newPolitical: Update on negotiations – 30+ sessions in total. What presenting new contract will entail. Exec-board takes neutral stance – we can’t recommend that people vote against it, but it isn’t what we fought for. *Grievance: *Communications:*Organizing:*President:*Zoom audio malfunction – unable to…
General Meeting Minutes – October 19, 2021
Agenda WelcomeOfficer reports Negotiations update Organizing update Listening session Announcements Minutes All e-board presentOfficer report – Pres – busy as usualPolitical – nothing outside of negotiationsEconomic – just over $1,000 in our accountComms – overhaul on website finally coming to an endGrievance – nothing newSecretary – Unit exec board manual (for transitions, etc.)Negotiations update:Main priorities WagesKU current position is that our…
General Meeting Minutes – September 14, 2021
Agenda: 7:00-7:15 Welcome / Introductions7:15-7:30 Summer Update and Goals (Board Member) and Contract Negotiations Update (Zach)7:30-7:40 Questions7:40-8:00 Break Out RoomsNew Member Info Session (AK & ?)OrganizingGrievance/StewardCommsPolitical / Contract Minutes Present: All Exec board members Updates carried out – (Zach Madison) Contract negotiations going for over a year, basics of our contract and standard practice for…
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 of…
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 forced…
Proposed Contract Rejected by Membership Vote
On Thursday, December 7, 2021, the following email was sent to all GTAs at KU regarding the recent contract ratification vote: Dear fellow GTAs: On Thursday, December 2, 2021, GTAC held a ratification vote for the proposed GTA contract. Thank you to all who attended, asked questions, and raised concerns during this meeting.After over a…
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