EmoryUnite

🚨📣 GENERAL BODY MEETING!
📆: Oct 28, 5:30 PM
📍: 1462 Clifton Rd Room 230
💻 : 913 503 216 54 (Zoom)

We will be having our first post-ratification GBM at the end of this month! Our members put in thousands of hours of work to get us our contract. This is a historic win that got our members big gains on stipend, benefits, and worker power. But the fight is far from over, and there are many things the union needs to organize to win for our members both before and during the next contract fight. We want to hear from you! +

We will donuts to celebrate, and a packed agenda! 🍩 🎉 We will discuss EmoryUnite!’s constitution and the ratification process - we intend to deliberate on a number of reforms to restructure the union to gear our membership up for upcoming political challenges in the next contract and in the meantime. We hope these reforms will increase transparency and democratic participation within the union. One of these changes will be the formation of working groups: smaller, member-led bodies that organize campaigns and initiatives within the union. If there are specific causes or campaigns that you think the union should organize around, please make your voice heard! ✨

🎙️📄💥STATEMENT: EMORYUNITE! SECURES LANDMARK CONTRACT WITH SUPERMAJORITY WIN

After a 10-year campaign culminating in 30 bargaining sessions over the last two years, EmoryUnite!, Emory’s PhD student union, ratified our first contract between the Union and the University. Our members overwhelmingly ratified the contract with a 97% YES vote. This contract was won by us, for us, through hundreds of conversations and thousands of hours of organizing. Read our full statement here.

💥 HISTORIC WIN! 💥

We are proud to share that a supermajority voted to adopt our first union contract! Initial counts indicate that 97% of respondents voted YES for ratification. This is a historic win for graduate workers at Emory and a testament to our collective action.

Ratification marks the start of a new chapter. Next, we turn to enforcing the agreement, building our steward network, and continuing to grow our union together. Congratulations to every member — this is our win! ✊

🚨 GENERAL BODY MEETING THIS THURSDAY 🚨

Last week, we reached a tentative agreement (TA) on all our articles with Emory. Now, we need to hear from you!

We’ll be hosting a General Body Meeting to dig into the details and discuss the next steps to officially ratify our first contract. Food will be provided! We will also be hosting more zoom sessions and lab walks for those who can’t make it to the GBM. Stay tuned for more details.

🗓️: Thursday, Sept 4
⏰: 5 PM - 7PM
📍: 1462 Clifton, Room 230
Zoom: 941 9816 2313

This is the result of our collective power - every conversation, action, and moment of solidarity brought us to this point. Now it’s our turn to review what we’ve won and make it official! So join us to learn about the contract we’ve fought for and get ready to vote!

As a reminder, until the membership has voted and the contract has been ratified, we will not be making public comments about the TA. If you are contacted by the press, PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND DIRECTLY. Instead, use this response: “I am not authorized to speak on behalf of the union. Please contact a representative at [email protected]. We will not be commenting publicly until we have ratified the contract.”

Let’s get ready to vote!

🚨 📝 WE’VE REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT! Thanks to YOUR solidarity and support, EmoryUnite! has arrived at a major milestone at the bargaining table. Next up: reviewing the full agreement and a ratification vote on the coming weeks.

⚠️ REMINDER: Please do not speak to the press. Direct all media inquiries to [email protected]. See second slide for response to media inquiries.

Stay tuned for details. We’re stronger together! ✊💥

✊🏽 🇵🇸 This weekend, a contingent of EmoryUnite! organizers joined several labor unions around the country at the National March in Washington DC to stand against the ethnic cleansing and displacement of Palestinian people, and the political repression of students and workers standing up against these atrocities. An injury to one is an injury to all! Free speech and the right to organize are historic wins achieved by the labor movement, and we will not let the ruling class take them away!

🚨 📣 EmoryUnite! is mobilizing in solidarity with workers under attack from devastating federal job cuts, slashed research funding, and union-busting policies.

📍🗓️ As part of the nationwide “Kill the Cuts” campaign, we’ll be joining CDC workers for a demonstration on Tuesday, April 8 at 5 PM at 1600 Clifton Rd.

💥✊🏽We urge ALL EmoryUnite! members to show up and stand with our neighbors. Our struggles are intertwined: attacks on labor rights in one sector pave the way for attacks on workers everywhere. Read on to learn more about what’s at stake, and why this fight matters to all of us.

🚨 National Day of Action for Graduate Labor Unions 🚨

💪 On Tuesday, April 8, we’re taking a stand against dangerous cuts to lifesaving research and medical care! By slashing funding, the Trump administration is abandoning families and costing taxpayers billions, and we won’t stand for it.

🕘 9 AM - 3 PM: Tabling at Whitehead Biomedical Research Building (315 Michael St) Stop by to sign our photo petition 📸✊, share your story, and demand a living wage, and that funding cuts stop NOW.

🕔 5 PM: Rally with CDC Workers (1600 Clifton Rd) Join us as we stand in solidarity with CDC workers facing these devastating cuts and layoffs. As a union operating next door, we’re committed to fighting for better conditions and better pay for ALL.

🔥 Together, we’re stronger! Let’s make our voices heard for the future of labor and public health!

🚨 REMINDER: GENERAL BODY MEETING!

⏰: TODAY, Wednesday, March 19th, 5-6 PM 🗺️: 1462 Clifton Rd, Room 230* or Zoom (link emailed)

*Note on location: This building is right next to the Woodruff Health Sciences Library.

💰 This month, we will hear from members of the bargaining committee about Emory’s lack of response on key economic issues. We will discuss ways we can leverage our collective power to push the bargaining process forward.

🍕👕📌 Bonus: We will provide dinner, shirts, and pins at the meeting and hear about our upcoming actions and ways to get involved in the union.

😷 Masks will be provided as well.

✊🏽 And once again: Emory works because we do!

💥✊🏽 Last week, EmoryUnite! mobilized hundreds of students at its first rally to demand a living wage and a just contract!

🤝🏽❤️ We thank the Emory community and endorsing organizations for their strong show of solidarity in this action. We call for your continued support in future actions.

🌟📚 The power of this institution lies in the labor of those who make it run, from the classrooms to the labs, from the offices to the dining halls. Mobilization is our strength, and together, we will win the future we deserve!

🎨🖌️Earlier this week, EmoryUnite! held a successful art build in preparation for their rally for a living wage! Attendees made signs to support their fellow graduate workers, research assistants and teaching assistants. They also amplified our demand for a a living wage for ALL workers at Emory. 🪧✊🏽❤️

🚨⚠️ Rally today! Calling all members of the Emory community: come support EmoryUnite! in our fight for a fair contract.

📌 Claudia Nance Rollins Building
⏰ Noon

📝After the rally, our bargaining team will continue negotiating for a living wage, better benefits, and protections for all grad students.

A special thank you to all the organizations who endorsed our action. We are stronger together! ✊🏽💥