![A Pitt graduate student union poster.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/N_Grad-Union_File.jpeg)
Pitt grad union organizers, emboldened by labor wins across academia, escalate efforts
By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer
• April 10, 2023
![A multi-year attempt to unionize more than 2,000 graduate students at Pitt appeared to have fallen through earlier this month when the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board upheld graduate students’ April 2019 vote against unionization. But United Steelworkers, the union aiding Pitt graduate students’ and faculty’s unionization efforts, filed an exception to that ruling last Thursday.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/N_Grad-Union_File.jpg)
Grad union organizers appeal PLRB decision, continue campaigning despite setbacks
By Neena Hagen, Senior Staff Writer
• March 26, 2021
![The Graduate Student Organizing Committee released a petition — addressed to Provost Ann Cudd, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher and the Board of Trustees — that asked Pitt’s administration to grant every funded graduate student the option of a one-year funding extension. It also calls for extra support for students who are parents or those struggling with housing, assistance for international students in navigating visa issues and more mental health services.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/N_Grad-Union-Complaints_JC.jpg)
Grad union organizers criticize lack of no-questions-asked funding extension amid pandemic
By Nathan Fitchett, Senior Staff Writer
• February 5, 2021
![Pitt’s Office of University Counsel paid Philadelphia-based Ballard Spahr $881,069 in fees between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020 to contest simultaneous but separate unionization attempts by faculty and graduate students.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/N_Grad-Union-Ballard-Spahr_File.jpg)
Pitt spends additional $881K on ‘union avoidance’ law firm, pushing total over $2M
By Neena Hagen, Senior Staff Writer
• January 29, 2021
![Graduate student union organizers delivered a broken heart for Valentines Day to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher on Friday afternoon, in a demonstration to raise awareness for their ongoing campaign to establish a graduate student union.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_4413-900x675.jpg)
Grad union organizers deliver broken heart to Chancellor Gallagher
By Jon Moss and Benjamin Nigrosh
• February 14, 2020
![Grad union organizers urge Pitt administrators to grant one-year funding extension.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/N_Grad-Union_JC-900x600.jpg)
Grad union organizers planning second election for this semester
By Neena Hagen, Senior Staff Writer
• February 4, 2020
![Union organizer Kim Garrett addresses the crowd at Bernie Sanders’ rally in Schenley Plaza in April.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/N_Union-organizing_SC-900x600.jpg)
Grad union organizers ready campaign for second election
By Jon Moss, Assistant News Editor
• September 24, 2019
![Carnegie Library workers voted on August 25 to form a union.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/N_Labor_HH-900x600.jpg)
Pittsburgh’s Labor Day legacy continues to evolve
By Maureen Hartwell, Staff Writer
• September 2, 2019
![Pitt grad student union organizers, in conjunction with United Steelworkers, projected their campaign logo on the Cathedral last year.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/N_Grad-Union_Courtesy-900x900.jpg)
Graduate students make their case for unionization
By Janine Faust, Managing Editor
• October 9, 2018
![Signs supporting the grad and faculty unions hang on a window in the Cathedral of Leaning. (Photo by John Hamilton / Managing Editor)](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/unionJH-1-900x600.jpg)
Pitt grad students file for union election
By John Hamilton / Managing Editor
• December 15, 2017
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