PRIOR EVENTS
PRIOR EVENTS
GROW participated in a GLDSA panel alongside IBEW, UPS Teamsters, and Unite Here representatives to discuss the benefits and challenges in unionization, moderated by DSA National.
GROW members commented at West Lafayette City Council meetings and spoke with City Councillors about parking meters slated for city roads, delaying implementation until summer 2025.
Tabled with the Disabled Student Union, GROW showed its colors at the LGBTQ Center's Rainbow Callout by promoting the Living Wage Campaign.
GROW began the semester with a range of hands-on activities to get new and returning members alike engaged in a revitalized unionization campaign.
With AAUP Purdue's collaboration, GROW invited a large crowd of grad workers to eat free food, de-stress, and psyche up our labor movement.
On August 16th, Purdue announced that it would completely subsidize free off-campus CityBus transit thanks to a long summer of community pressure.
Members of GROW reached out to visit a variety of departments' graduate student orientation events and network for mutual support.
On August 16th, Purdue announced that it would completely subsidize free off-campus CityBus transit thanks to a long summer of community pressure.
Members of GROW joined IU grad workers on the picket line during their 3-day strike for a better wage in 2024.
Organizers from Indiana University traveled to Purdue and shared how they were able to win a union. We formalized collaboration with IU and other universities across the state.
We hand-delivered our demands to the Board of Trustees and President Mung Chiang during the April meeting. Read more about the meeting in the Journal & Courier and Purdue Exponent.
We supported theĀ striking graduate workers at Temple University with a Smash Bros tournament fundraiser. Hosted with our Living Wage Coalition partners and PGSG.
GROW conducts a speak-out event focused on Purdue's unlivable wages and the struggle that graduate workers are burdened with. Read about it here: local NPR Article / The Exponent
We supported the striking graduate workers at Indiana University with a solidarity rally at Purdue Memorial Union. Read more about the event in this local NPR Article.