Workers in graduate programs at Stanford have long been advocating for better working, learning, and living conditions. These are some of the reports that have covered those stories.

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Press Coverage

“Stanford University graduate students overwhelmingly vote to unionize”

Silicon Valley Business Journal (J. Jennings Moss), 7/7/2023

“Stanford University Graduate Workers Vote To Unionize”

Forbes (Michael T. Nietzel), 7/7/2023

“Stanford University grad students vote to unionize for better wages, working conditions”

ABC7 (Lauren Martinez), 7/6/2023

“Stanford graduate workers unionize”

Stanford Daily (Anne Li), 7/6/2023

“In-person voting for union election wraps up; vote by mail ongoing”

Stanford Daily (Grace Lee and Anne Li), 6/7/2023

“Stanford Graduate Workers Move to Unionize to Improve Working Conditions”

KQED (Holly McDede), 6/1/2023

“SEIU 2007 supports Stanford Graduate Workers Union”

Stanford Daily (Paul Regalado), 5/29/2023

“Graduate worker union election scheduled to begin May 31”

Stanford Daily (Anne Li), 5/18/2023

“Stanford Graduate Workers Union files petition for unionization vote”

Stanford Daily (Grace Lee), 4/26/2023

“Wave of graduate labor movements sweeps the country”

The Brown Daily Herald (Katie Jain), 4/23/2023

“Graduate workers union requests voluntary recognition from Stanford”

Stanford Daily (Anne Li), 4/21/2023

“Stanford Told Faculty Not to Publicly Share Opinions on a Grad-Student Union Drive. Then It Reversed Course.”

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Julian Roberts-Grmela), 4/12/2023

“From the Community | What administrators and faculty should know about graduate student unions”

Stanford Daily (David Palumbo-Liu), 4/12/2023

“Graduate Workers at Stanford University Are Organizing a Union”

Jacobin (Sara Wexler), 4/12/2023

“Why I support the Stanford Graduate Workers Union unionization campaign — and why other faculty should, too”

Stanford Daily (Dr. Barbara L. Voss), 4/11/2023

“Opinion: Stanford graduate students should back unionization effort”

Mercury News (William B. Gould IV), 4/6/2023

“Stanford graduate workers look to unionize for higher pay, increased benefits”

Palo Alto Weekly (Sue Dremann), 4/6/2023

“From Stanford Postdocs United: In support of the Graduate Workers Union”

Stanford Daily (Stanford Postdocs United), 4/6/2023

“Why undergraduates should support the unionization effort”

Stanford Daily (Sarah Reyes & Danny Sallis), 4/5/2023

“Stanford Graduate Workers Union launches campaign with over 2100 signed cards”

Stanford Daily (Anne Li), 4/4/2023

“KQED Newscast”

KQED (Rachael Myrow), 4/3/2023

“From the Graduate Student Council: We need a union”

Stanford Daily (The Graduate Student Council of 2022-2023), 4/3/2023

“Stanford Grad Students Demand Better Pay, Take Steps To Unionize”

San Francisco Standard (Liz Lindqwister), 4/3/2023

“Stanford graduate students mount union drive after success of UC strike”

San Francisco Chronicle (Nanette Asimov), 4/3/2023

“From the Stanford Graduate Workers Union (SGWU): Our proposed platform”

Stanford Daily (Tania Flores, Gabriela Basel, Hanon McShea and the Stanford Graduate Workers Union), 4/3/2023

“Stanford graduate student-workers launch unionization campaign”

Stanford Daily (Tammer Bagdasarian and Anne Li), 4/3/2023

“The Graduate Student Council’s vote of no confidence in Stanford’s leadership”

Stanford Daily (The Graduate Student Council of 2022-2023), 2/9/2023