UGSDW - Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers

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UGSDW - Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers

Quantity: 1 – grey document standing box

Dates: 2016 -

Arrangement: Chronological

Background Note: The Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers (UGSDW) was formed in 2016. This collection contains articles from the Grinnell College newspaper the Scarlet & Black, national coverage of the Grinnell student workers’ unionization efforts, social media posts from UGSDW including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and statements and communication from the UGSDW website, spanning the years 2016 – 2022. In 2022, USGDW won the right to expand the union to all student workers at Grinnell College, thus making the college the most unionized undergraduate campus in the United States.

Container List: Folder #1 – Academic Year 2016 – 2017

• 2 S&B articles about contract negotiations
• NYT op-ed from UGSDW president
• Letter to S&B editor from UGSDW treasurer
• Des Moines Register about union contract
• Dissent article about undergraduate unions

• Jacobin article about undergraduate unions

      Folder #2 – Academic Year 2017 – 2018

• 4 S&B article packets about union expansion
• 4 UGSDW website article packets
• Letter from UGSDW president to college president
• Special campus memo and UGSDW response
• Des Moines Register article about “the most unionized campus in America”
• UGSDW Facebook and Twitter posts

• 4 flyers encouraging students to join the union

      Folder #3 – Fall Semester 2018

• 3 S&B article packets about reactions to unionization
• 7 UGSDW website article packets about issues with bargaining
• UGSDW Facebook posts
• Special campus memo

• 3 documents about the college’s appeal to the NLRB

      Folder #4 – Spring 2019 & Fall 2019

• Facebook posts announcing leadership changes
• Jacobin article about growing student worker movements

• 9 UGSDW article packets about expansion issues and discrimination

      Folder #5 – Spring 2020 & Fall 2020 (Virtual Semesters - COVID-19)

• S&B article packet about wage increases and pandemic adjustments
• New Yorker article about “the faces of a new union movement”
• UGSDW Facebook posts about proposals
• Flyers advertising digital events and new proposals

• 6 UGSDW website article packets about continued action

      Folder #6 – Fall 2021

• S&B article packet about $15/hour campaign
• 3 UGSDW article packets about issues at events

• UGSDW Instagram posts about accomplishments and advice for student workers

      Folder #7 – Spring 2022

• 4 packets of tweets from the UGSDW Twitter account about elections and working conditions
• 4 photocopies of the front page of the S&B about advancements in expansion
• S&B article packet about neutrality agreement
• UGSDW article packet about election and campus-wide expansion
• Des Moines Register article about union victory
• 2 UGSDW Instagram post packets about new leadership and advertisements to attend events
• Packet of 2022 news clippings

Folder #8 – Fall 2022

• Kickoff event Instagram post
• List of students on the Executive Board
• S&B front page photocopies about newsletter distribution
• Worker Power newsletter editions 1-5

Prepared by V. Ruse 6/27/22