ABOUT US
GRADUATE RIGHTS & OUR WELLBEING
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Who are we?
Who are we?
Graduate Rights & Our Wellbeing (GROW) is a labor organizing and advocacy group by and for graduate workers. We advocate for better, fairer, safer, and more democratic workplace conditions for graduate students at Purdue University, and across Indiana.
GROW members collaborating with IU Bloomington's IGWC grad union.
GROW is a part of the local community and the labor movement at large. GROW has affiliated with United Auto Workers, joined with Indiana University Bloomington's Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition (IGWC-UE) to begin a statewide coalition, and coordinates events with Greater Lafayette Democratic Socialists of America (GLDSA), American Association of United Professors (AAUP Purdue), Greater Lafayette Tenants Union (GLTU).
What do we want?
What do we want?
We believe the university should be a place that supports everyone—including graduate students who are international, first generation, raising families, and traditionally marginalized. A work environment that only allows some of us to succeed is a failure.
GROW and GLDSA deliver demands to the Board of Trustees in April 2023.
We believe that transparency, inclusion, cooperation, and collaborative decision making are central to successful organizing, and we need these qualities in our workplaces. We stand in solidarity with groups that serve to advance the rights of all graduate workers and laborers. As Purdue administration continues to neglect graduate student needs and deepen divides between departments, GROW aims to give graduate students a voice with stewardship and representation.
We can't have a union without "u"!
We can't have a union without "u"!
Sign our letter of intent to unionize graduate assistants at Purdue.
Join our email list to stay updated on what's going on with GROW.
Join us at one of our upcoming events and/or get involved in our campaigns.
Email us: gradrightswellbeing@gmail.com
Email us: gradrightswellbeing@gmail.com
Nervous? Don't be: we did our homework!
Nervous? Don't be: we did our homework!
Can you unionize in Indiana? Yes.
Living in a right-to-work state does not make unionizing illegal. It just means the recognition of a union is not automatic.
Can international graduate students unionize? Yes.
International students are protected under all the same laws as domestic students.
According to the US Department of Labor, "U.S. laws generally prohibit employers from retaliating against workers for exercising their workplace rights, regardless of the workers’ immigration status."
Visit our FAQ for more information!
What exactly have you accomplished?
What exactly have you accomplished?
Established statewide graduate student coalition with IU Bloomington grads.
Pressured Purdue to publicize negotiations with CityBus and subsidize off-campus transit.
Paycheck corrections, improved emergency loan conditions, new emergency grants.
Improved COVID safety protocols, fairer healthcare conditions, more therapists of color at CAPS.
Transitional housing for displaced Purdue Village residents, stipend increases.
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