GSA

Meet the #OrganizeUW Team at the GSA Orientation

Meet the OrganizeUW team this week at the Uwaterloo GSA Orientation! We’ll have a table at the GSA Services Fair happening on Friday, January 13 from 2-4 PM in the Black & Gold Room (Student Life Centre, 2nd Floor).

Meet the #OrganizeUW Team at the GSA Orientation

Meet the #OrganizeUW team next week at the GSA Orientation 😍 We’ll have a table at the GSA Services Fair happening on Tuesday, September 6 from 3:15 pm to 4:45 pm in the GSA Lounge (Student Life Centre, Room 3216).

GSA Outdoor Movie Night & Scavenger Hunt

The GSA is hosting an outdoor movie night, with free popcorn supplied by OrganizeUW. Before the movie you can grab dinner or drinks at the Grad House, win some prizes in the scavenger hunt, and stop by our Info Table to learn more about the campaign for better working conditions at UW, sign a union card, and snag some swag.

Campaign endorsements

Campus organizations continue to pass resolutions to endorse the grassroots campaign to unionize graduate student and sessional workers at the University of Waterloo. Read on to learn more about who has supported us and how we're teaming up to spread the word across campus!

OrganizeUW statement on UW updates to TA wage proposal

A response to graduate student questions about uWaterloo's recent TA wage increase proposal that have arisen in light of subsequent communications from the UW Administration.

GSA Event: Live Q&A with Organize UW

Join us as we go live with the GSA to ask common questions about the graduate student-led union drive on campus.

The latest from OrganizeUW: Fall 2020 semester preview, reflections on organizing, and more (Interview|KitchenerToday.com)

Sara, a student organizer, was recently interviewed by Ariel Deutschmann from KitchenerToday.com, for her article ["Graduate students from UW plan to unionize"](https://www.kitchenertoday.com/local-news/graduate-students-from-uw-plan-to-unionize-2693305). They chatted about digital organizing during a pandemic, our goal to improve working and learning conditions at UW, and how unionization works. This blog post not only includes some snippets from the full KT article, but also has the latest updates from the drive, some thoughts on being an organizer, and a preview of what's to come in the Fall semester.

"UW graduate workers launch campaign to unionize" (News|The Record)

Our campaign was covered yesterday in The Record! In it, Sophia, a student organizer, is interviewed by reporter Leah Gerber on why she joined the campaign, what we hope to achieve, and why now is the right time to unionize. Here are a few highlights, and be sure to check out the [whole article](https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2020/08/14/uw-graduate-workers-launch-campaign-to-unionize.html?utm_source=facebook&source=waterloo%20region%20record&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=&utm_campaign_id=&utm_content=)!

The results are in! GSA votes to support OrganizeUW

Late last month we told you about an important vote coming up on July 24th at the UW-GSA Council. Well, the results are in! Council voted in favour of the GSA supporting student-led unionization efforts. Read on to find out more!

"Union efforts by UW Grad students face first vote" (News|Imprint)

Our campaign was featured recently in a news article in Imprint by Nicola Rose. It discusses an upcoming vote at the GSA (including how to contact your Councillor!), a response from UW administration, and more. Here are a few highlights, and be sure to check out the [full article](http://uwimprint.ca/article/union-efforts-by-uw-grad-students-face-first-vote/)!