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The Beginnings of Change at UI Organizing - the Path to Success From Campaign to Local Union: The First Contract Strengthening the Union and Making Gains: The Second Contract An Established Union Holds Strong: The Third Contract Tuition Scholarships for All: The Fourth Contract Net Compensation Gains and Job Security: The Fifth Contract Contract Victories and Increased Net Compensation: The Sixth Contract UE-COGS Proud History of Salary Increases at the UI During the past few decades, graduate students have faced an increasingly burdensome workload and uncertain future. As tenure track positions have disappeared, the University of Iowa and other universities have turned to graduate employees as a source of cheap part-time labor. Graduate employees at the University of Iowa are now responsible for over 50% of the hours undergraduates spend with instructors, research assistants work long hours in labs and libraries, and graduate assistants make sure the university functions on a daily basis. This shift, away from tenured faculty towards increasing dependence on graduate assistants and adjunct faculty, has been a result of downsizing and the

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