Key Issues

Even though there are about 4,000 Ph.D. students and thousands more graduate and professional students at Penn, fewer than 1,000 will be allowed to participate in the GET-UP election.

Working together with graduate students, Penn has been responsive to the needs and concerns of a diverse graduate student community

Unionized Grad Students Generally Have Lower Stipends and Benefits than Non-Unionized Students

If Graduate Students Join a Union, the Economic Benefits are Uncertain, but the Added Financial Costs to each Student are Guaranteed

Think about it: Will GET-UP, an affiliate of the AFT union, have the same priorities in furthering your individual graduate education as you do?

Spotlight Links

NLRB Brown Decision Key Issues Memo from Samuel Preston to the SAS Faculty Lawrence Sherman: Striking and disrupting the community over $58 an hour "Many undergrads not down with GET-UP" Daily Pennsylvanian Says "No" to Unionization Social Work Dean Richard Gelles on Unionization Former GAPSA Chairman Speaks Against Unionization Professor Robert J. Rutman Speaks Against Unionization NLRB Sets Election Date Average Union vs. Non-Union Graduate Student Stipend Information from the Chronicle of Higher Education Brown Graduate Student Unionization Columbia University Forum on Graduate Students Unionization Cornell Graduate Student Unionization American Federation of Teachers: Graduate Employee News and Events Full list of related links