Editing Local 33–UNITE HERE (section)

==Activities==

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In 2012, GESO hosted a conference on academic labor entitled, "The Changing University: An Interdisciplinary Symposium".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://csc.csuaaup.org/files/2011/11/VangWinter-13.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-05-14 |archive-date=2015-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923061123/http://csc.csuaaup.org/files/2011/11/VangWinter-13.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, GESO re-emerged with two "majority petition" rallies. The first, held on April 30, presented a petition to the Yale administration with over 1000 signatures of graduate students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/05/04/309562121/what-do-yale-grad-students-want-a-union|title=What Do Yale Grad Students Want? A Union|website=NPR.org|access-date=2018-04-04|archive-date=2017-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105065130/http://www.npr.org/2014/05/04/309562121/what-do-yale-grad-students-want-a-union|url-status=live}}</ref> The second, on October 21, 2014, presented a petition with over 1000 photographs of graduate students paired with allies from the local unions, the community, and elected officials, including Governor [[Dannel Malloy]], New Haven Mayor [[Toni Harp]], and US Congresswoman [[Rosa DeLauro]].<ref name="nhregister.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhregister.com/business/article/Malloy-fires-up-Yale-grad-students-fighting-to-11376955.php|title=Malloy fires up Yale grad students fighting to unionize|date=October 22, 2014|website=New Haven Register|access-date=September 7, 2020|archive-date=September 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929204104/https://www.nhregister.com/business/article/Malloy-fires-up-Yale-grad-students-fighting-to-11376955.php|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2015, GESO released a report on the expansion of [[Yale College]], entitled "Teaching in a Growing Yale: Critical Questions."<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://local33.org/|title=Local 33 UNITE HERE – The union of graduate employees at Yale|access-date=2021-10-14|archive-date=2021-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009152951/https://local33.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> GESO presented a petition with over 1100 signatures to the university in May 2015.<ref name="thenation.com"/> The petition calls on Yale to "begin contract negotiations on issues of immediate concern including funding security, racial and gender equity, and mental health care."<ref name="auto"/>