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  • CGE-UAW Bargaining Survey

  • I support CGE-UAW in bargaining collectively to reach a fair contract. This survey allows Penn State graduate workers to share information about our priorities with the graduate workers we elect to our bargaining committee. The bargaining committee will use these surveys to prepare a bargaining platform on which we will have the opportunity to vote. After democratic approval of our platform, the bargaining committee can negotiate for the needs of all Penn State graduate workers with confidence. All of these are important ways to improve our workplace, but we likely won’t win everything in our first contract. When selecting priority, consider which changes you think need to be addressed most urgently.

  • Working Conditions, Rights, and Protections

  • Please rate the priority of including each right/protection in this contract.

    Select one per row; 1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high priority

  • Wages and Benefits

  • In order to bargain effectively, it is important that we decide not only which of the following economic items should be our bargaining goals, but also which of them should be our highest priorities. Please assign priorities for the following items as follows: 1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high priority. Write any comments, concerns, or examples in the space provided at the end of each section.

  • Tuition and Fee Coverage

  • Wages and Employment

  • Health Benefits

  • Housing

  • Other Benefits

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