UofC’s Graduate Labour Union (GLU) Vice-Chair International Karina Hincapie Martinez, joined a panel of graduate students this Monday at. The discussion—organized by the university’s Faculty of Graduate Studies—featured two other graduate students Jamie Anderson and Alex Paquette. 

While Karina was the only participant who centred her discussion around academic labour as an avenue for change, the theme was woven throughout the responses of every panelist.  A consistent takeaway from all three graduate students was that change requires solidarity.

The Graduate Labour Union Negotiating Team of the GSA met with the University of Calgary Team for its seventh bargaining session on 2-4 October.  During the last face-to-face meeting on October 4^th the union team indicated that we would be filing for mediation given the lack of progress at the table, at the urging of the employer team, the union has agreed to a day of virtual bargaining to give the employer an opportunity to improve their latest offer.