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Stanford’s Negotiations with United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America Local 1043, Stanford Graduate Workers Union
Stanford and United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America Local 1043, Stanford Graduate Workers Union (UE-SGWU) reached a tentative agreement on a first contract for graduate student workers on November 12, 2024. UE-SGWU announced on November 22 that its membership ratified the agreement.
Stanford is pleased to have reached agreement with UE-SGWU and appreciates the dedicated efforts of both bargaining committees. We look forward to a constructive working relationship with UE-SGWU. The university will be providing more information to faculty and administrative staff in the coming days and weeks about details of implementation of the contract.
Negotiation Guiding Principles
- Ensuring that the university can continue to provide the highest quality educational experience for its graduate students
- Preserving the faculty-student relationship
- Safeguarding the integrity of the university’s teaching and research mission
- Maintaining the university’s academic prerogatives, including admission decisions, curriculum and degree requirements, organization of programs, evaluation of academic progress, and assignment of research and teaching assistant roles
- Fulfilling our responsibility to serve the entire university community, understanding implications of negotiated agreements on faculty, staff and other students
- Ensuring fiscal responsibility
- Ensuring the university remains a leader in higher education, including by continuing to attract the best graduate students