Members Vote YES on Campaign for Living Wage and Union Recognition

On Sunday, September 10, 2023, just two days prior to the four-year anniversary of IGWC’s founding, the IGWC held a General Assembly. The meeting featured a presentation of the new campaign for the 2023-2024 academic year.

The campaign presses the administration to both recognize the union and increase graduate workers’ pay to a living wage ($28.3k for 10-month contracts and $34k for 12-month contracts). The campaign also calls for graduate workers to sign new union cards, including members who have signed a union card in the past, to demonstrate to the IU administration that the IGWC-UE still represents a supermajority of graduate workers.

The General Assembly agenda also included a proposed amendment to the union by-laws, which would economize General Assembly meetings, and a proposed budget for the upcoming year.

After the meeting, the proposed items were sent to union members for voting. The vote, tallied on September 11, yielded the following results:

• For the campaign for union recognition and a living wage: 137 YES, 4 NO
• For an amendment to the Article 25, Section A, for fewer required GAs: 135 YES, 5 NO
• For the budget proposal: 137 YES, 2 NO

The campaign for union recognition and a living wage will officially begin at the “More Say, More Pay” Rally on September 28! Members may RSVP here.