Organized and United for Respect at Vanderbilt (OUR Vanderbilt)

08/24/2016

Big news from the NLRB! The NLRB ruled that Columbia graduate student workers are employees, overturning the 2004 Brown University decision that blocked grad student worker unions on private university campuses.

Office of Public [email protected] 23, 2016 3-1 Columbia Decision Overrules Brown University Washington, D.C. — The National Labor Relations Board issued a 3-1 decision in Columbia University that student assistants working at private colleges and universities…

07/02/2016

Good news to start the new fiscal year! Vanderbilt is taking steps to be a better employer and provide more for the women and men who give so much to Vanderbilt.

***Vanderbilt has come A LONG WAY in the 10 years since workers and students began their campaign for a living wage.***
PBS show in 2007 provides perspective: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/313/

(Particularly excited to see raises for child care associates, who have deserved better for years.)

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos Thursday announced that the university will raise its starting wage to $12.50.

05/02/2015

Something to celebrate this May Day weekend! Even large employers like Vanderbilt are not above the law.

Court ruling paves way for laid-off Vanderbilt medical center employees to receive $285,000 payment.

02/27/2015

02/27/2015

Great work, Vanderbilt Students of Nonviolence!

"Dewayne Abrogast was the first to take the floor. He shared his stories as an employee in Vanderbilt’s Plant Operations and a union steward...

"Abrogast made sure to get his points across. He expressed his continued dismay with the Vanderbilt administration at outsourcing third-shift custodial services to Aramark. In addition, he related the Aramark issue to the broader issue of justice for Vanderbilt workers."

VSN hosts speak-out for students and other members of the Vanderbilt community to continue action against Vanderbilt's outsourcing of third-shift custodial services

02/20/2015

Please consider coming to NOAH - Nashville Organized for Action and Hope's event on Sunday from 3:00-4:30pm.

***NEED TRANSPORTATION? Comment below or message us if you want a ride!***

"A Tale of Two Nashvilles: The People's Platform for Progress"
https://www.facebook.com/events/604613473018665/

NOAH will ask for concrete commitments from the 2015 Mayoral Candidates to work with NOAH to find solutions to the following issues:

1. Affordable Housing and Gentrification
2. Economic Equity and Jobs
3. Criminal Justice

FIFTEENTH AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH LOCATED AT 1203 9TH AVE. NORTH

02/18/2015

"We should ensure that you don't have to pay more than $300 parking. We should provide some kind of compensation for workers who are laid off during summer months. We must refuse to outsource our community only to cut costs, especially to a corporation as disreputable as Aramark. If Vanderbilt truly values "equality, compassion, and excellence in all endeavors," as its mission states, those values should inform how they treat people who work at the lowest end of the pay scale within the institution."

This is for the people who clean our toilets. For those who have no choice but to brave the Rand lunch rush because they’re serving it. For those who make sure the grounds stay neat and the trashes stay emptied. For those who have to mop up every drunken mess we make. For those whom many of us only…

02/03/2015

Duke (peer institution) has made a statement. What will Vanderbilt University do?

Duke University and Duke University Health System will increase their minimum wage for all regular employees from $10.91 to $12 per hour effective July 1, 2015.

"This change sets a higher standard for regular employment at Duke that further strengthens our position as a family-friendly employer of choice in the region and nationally," said Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for Administration at Duke.

Duke University and Duke University Health System will increase the current minimum wage for all regular employees to $12 per hour effective July 1, 2015.Duke’s current minimum wage of $10.91 was last

01/07/2015

Good article today about the outsourcing at Vanderbilt.

Great quotes from union steward Dewayne Abrogast and student leader Joshua Everett.

Students and workers react to outsourcing of third-shift custodial services during contract negotiations between Vanderbilt and custodial union

12/13/2014

Workers at the Sheraton Hotel have not been paid for work they have done. Join Workers' Dignity Project at 1:00pm today to help these workers recover their stolen wages in time for the holidays!

https://www.facebook.com/events/575323389235805/

12/09/2014

Please SIGN and SHARE our petition to end outsourcing at Vanderbilt. Thank you for supporting Vanderbilt workers!

We petition Vanderbilt University to do the following:
1) End Vanderbilt's contract with Aramark.
2) Commit to no future outsourcing of campus jobs.

Organized and United for Respect at Vanderbilt is a strategic labor-community-religion partnership. We are workers, students, alumni, faculty, and people of faith and conscience working for economic and social justice at Vanderbilt University.

12/04/2014

Vanderbilt meets Ferguson meets . Amazing intersectionality on display today.

Meet at the Parthenon at 5:00pm today to march to raise the wage!