Save the date, folks! On Thursday, January 23rd, Underpaid's COLAlition campaign is hosting a COLA General Assembly for all COLA graduate students. (We'll feed you lunch, too!) At this meeting, you'll have a chance to raise your concerns, break bread with fellow COLA grad students, and get organized.

Enough is enough. A $20k salary in Austin doesn't cut it! The cost of living is a whopping $49,000+. According to Travis County and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development this pay qualifies us as having a "Very Low Income." UT can do better!

The COLAlition demands that all COLA grad student workers get a $10k raise; to defend the humanities and social sciences; no reduction in tenure-track positions; and a comprehensive parent-leave policy for students with families.

🫡We'll see you there🫡

Whether you want tools to organize your own department or organize behind-the-scenes, we'd love to have you at our first meeting on 9/13 at 3:00 pm. Location TBA, and email us or shoot us a DM on IG for the virtual link.

Come join us for happy hour on Thursday (8/29) at Crown & Anchor Pub! We'll be there from 5 to 7 pm. Have a drink, meet other graduate students interested in labor organizing and unionizing, and build community! Email us with any questions! Hope to see you there!

Two social work students at UT were dismissed from their TA positions for providing mental health resources for students affected by the ongoing tragedies in Palestine. This is an act of retaliation, and we call on Steve Hicks School of Social Work Dean Allan Cole to immediately reinstate them.

Statement in support of the TAs

We are organizing a training session for graduate students to learn how to organize their departments around their labor rights. This session will be lead by union organizers at UC Santa-Cruz, who were instrumental in the 2022 UC strike.

Time: 2:30 - 4 pm

In-Person location: POB 4.304