Pitt union organizations are continuing their negotiations with the Pitt administration and Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board over labor rights issues.
Graduate workers at Pitt are asking for voluntary recognition of their union, claiming majority support for collective bargaining. Hundreds of graduate workers, United Steelworkers organizers and unaffiliated supporters gathered on the first floor of the Cathedral of Learning Tuesday to deliver a letter to Chancellor Joan Gabel with a request.
More than 200 graduate workers at Pitt assembled on the first floor of the Cathedral of Learning around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday to demand Pitt Chancellor Joan Gabel recognize their union.
The Henry Heymann Theatre came alive Nov. 10 as students, friends and family members filed into the small theater at the foot of the Cathedral of Learning. The crisp turning of program pages permeated the audience’s whispers of anticipation. Textiles in a myriad of colors and patterns wrapped almost every surface of the set. The.
Organizers for a graduate workers union at Pitt began collecting authorization cards on Monday, a way of gauging support that could trigger an official vote on unionization. The move comes after Pitt announced a substantial downgrade to health insurance for graduate workers with academic appointments in August. “By signing your union card today, you tell.