by cge-uaw | Jun 5, 2025 | Updates
Hearing Update: Day 3 Yesterday, Penn State Admin began their legal case arguing that Research Assistants and Trainees aren’t employees. In their opening statement, admin’s lawyers argued that graduate school is a “service” for training the next generation of...
by cge-uaw | Jun 3, 2025 | Updates
Hearing Update: Day 2 Today was the second day of the hearing, and the last day that grad workers served as witnesses. This week overall: Penn State Admin will be arguing that Research Assistants and Trainees aren’t workers in an unnecessary hearing. A majority of...
by cge-uaw | Jun 2, 2025 | Updates
Letter Delivery to Admin On Friday, graduate workers delivered a letter with over 1,000 signatures from research assistants, trainees, and graduate workers across multiple campuses and a majority of departments. The administration continues to object to the inclusion...
by cge-uaw | May 20, 2025 | Updates
Recently, Penn State administration announced a proposed two-year timeline for the closure of multiple commonwealth campuses . These closures impact the jobs and future of workers across the Penn State system, and our ability to carry out high-quality education and...
by cge-uaw | May 16, 2025 | Updates
Since coming to office, the Trump Administration has attempted to attack science and public research funding in countless ways, including by cancelling NIH grants and fellowships and blocking review of grant applications. Our union, UAW, is one of the plaintiffs in a...
