Paid Leave Campaign

At UW Madison, graduate students do not have the right to paid leave.

We are circulating a petition to demand 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave for graduate students.

Read the letter

Sign the letter

This effort has been featured in the Wisconsin State Journal, the Capital Times, Tone Madison, and WKOW.

Total signatures as of 11/29/23: 515

Graduate students at Vanderbilt University recently won vision and dental insurance by a petition.

If you would like to get involved in this effort, contact us or attend a bi-weekly Steward’s Council meeting.