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The Boston University graduate workers’ strike has been ongoing since March. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe/Getty Images

August 23, 2024

Boston U Grad Worker Strike Now Longest in a Decade

Inside Higher Ed

August 21, 2024

‘I want to get back to the classroom’: As fall semester approaches, grad workers’ strike at BU grinds on

The Boston Globe

Boston University graduate worker students began striking for fair pay, better healthcare coverage, and stronger benefits in March. JESSICA RINALDI/GLOBE STAFF
Protestors and members of the Boston University Graduate Workers Union march down Commonwealth Avenue toward 1 Silber Way during a walkout on May 1. BUGWU, which has been on strike since March 25, demands higher waves, comprehensive healthcare, childcare funding and workload protections from the University’s administration. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

June 2, 2024

Graduate worker strike continues: everything to know about BUGWU so far

The Daily Free Press

May 16, 2024

What’s behind the grad student strike at Boston University?

The Christian Century

Graduate workers at Boston University on strike for better protections and pay in April. (Photo by Pacamah / Wikimedia Commons)
A photo of a BUGWU rally

May 10, 2024

No end in sight for Boston University graduate students’ strike

GBH News

May 8, 2024

BU faces two unfair labor charges amidst graduate student strike

Boston.com

An image of attendees at a BUGWU rally in Marsh Plaza.
Rally participants begin marching from Marsh Plaza towards Bay State Road

May 3, 2024

BUGWU Grads Hold May Day Rally as Bargaining Continues

Working Mass

April 10, 2024

BU graduate workers reflect on living conditions, union demands as strike carries on

The Daily Free Press

Nana Boateng, a third-year law student and research assistant at BU School of Law. The Boston University Graduate Workers Union enters its third week of striking for higher wages and increased benefits. CREDIT: MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
A striker holds a sign taped to their back that reads, "my annual salary: $26,267; cost to put my 2 kids in BU childcare: $59,880 #BUGWUOnStrike."

April 8, 2024

‘It’s nonstop’: Striking BU grad workers struggle to balance teaching, studying, life

The Boston Globe

March 29, 2024

‘Robot scabs?’ BU dean suggests faculty could use AI for student ‘feedback’ amid grad student worker strike

The Boston Globe

A photo of strikers are marching on Boston University campus. They are holding signs that have messages such as, "my childcare costs are greater than my income" and "BUGWU ULP strike."
A group of striking people stand in a line on BU's Marsh Plaza in the rain. They are mid-chant and carrying SEIU and BUGWU signs.

March 29, 2024

‘We are trying to transform our lives’: Boston University grad students pledge continue strike until demands are met

Boston.com

March 28, 2024

City Council passes resolution in support of Boston University Graduate Workers

The Daily Free Press

A photo of Boston City Hall.
A photo of the BUGWU rally. People are gathered on the steps of Marsh Chapel carrying SEIU and BUGWU signs while one person speaks at the podium in front of the steps.

March 25, 2024

3,000 BU grad students go on strike, describing stipends as ‘paltry’

GBH News

March 25, 2024

Boston University grad student workers go on strike

WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Several thousand people are gathered on Marsh Plaza for the BUGWU rally. A news headline reads, "BU Grad Student Workers on Strike: Right Now."
A group of BUGWU and SEIU strikers holding signs with messages such as, "93% of grad workers are rent burdened" and "make higher education sustainable."

March 25, 2024

Boston University graduate students go on strike, citing lack of progress in negotiations

WBUR

March 20, 2024

Boston University graduate workers announce strike

SEIU Local 509

A group of BU-affiliated union members (graduate students, resident assistants, and adjunct faculty) stand outside 1 Silber Way to deliver their contract demands. One person speaks through a megaphone while others hold signs and banners with messages such as, "Negotiate Now" and "$152 mill - that's a lot of profit for a non-profit."
A masked person wearing a mask and blue dodger jersey is striding away from BU's George Sherman Union building.

March 12, 2024

Thousands of Boston University graduate student workers vote to strike over pay, benefits

The Boston Globe