UE Local 896/COGS

🧷🎨🖍️‼️ TONIGHT! Come to the next part of our Union 101 series! This time we’re hosting an I VOTED sticker design contest in support of the upcoming recertification election upcoming. We’ll chat about recertification and get crafty together with our button maker too! And there’s free pizza?! 🍕 Be there!!

Hey grad workers! Check out this mental health resource - provided by University Counseling Service !

TONIGHT: join us for a screening of Dolly Parton’s 9-5 sacred collective ! We hope to see you there!

🍻 Cheers for the first paycheck, grad workers! Come relax with us at Joe’s Place tomorrow evening at 6PM. The first b**r is on us!

Tomorrow night! 9/3, 6PM @ Iowa City Public Library, meeting room D. 🍝🍝🍝 Union curious? New to organizing? Need a refresher or have wisdom to share? Want to eat free pasta? Join us tomorrow for the first of our Union 101 social gatherings!

WHAT IS UNION 101? We will be hosting Union 101 gatherings throughout this semester to educate and learn from one other, with a focus on “demystifying” the union. Each event will have its own goal and theme, highlighting different aspects of organizing, labor history, COGS values and processes, and, importantly, how we turn principles into praxis. Join us tomorrow evening, then stay tuned for the next one! ⚙️✊

Learn about your rights as a renter in Iowa City! Open to all - RSVP at link in bio.

🧺☀️🏸🌭 Join us for our annual Welcome (Back) Picnic tomorrow, August 30th! 12-2PM at City Park, Shelter 5. We’ll be grilling meat & veggie dogs, playing games, and celebrating the start of a new semester.

TOMORROW‼️ Join us at the COGS office (120 N. Dubuque St.) for our first General Membership Meeting of the Fall ‘26 semester. We’ll talk upcoming events, approving budgets, special elections, and more. Plus, we’ll have pizza 🍕 and free shirts for dues-paying members who haven’t gotten theirs yet!

TOMORROW‼️ Join us at the Leavitt Center for the Board of Regents meeting! Outdoor rally starts at 3:30, then we’ll parade inside to pack the room in support of public commenters at 4:30. Afterwards, we’ll head to the Green House for a debrief and hangout!
🚗🚌 TRANSPORTATION TIPS: The 32 Blue Route Cambus stops at the Leavitt Center, or email [email protected] if you need other assistance getting there! See you all tomorrow! ✊⚙️

🪧 You’re joining COGS at the Board of Regents meeting on June 15th, right? Want to customize your own sign to bring with? Come make some with us on Tuesday, June 9th at the Iowa City Public Library, in Meeting Room A at 4:30 PM! All supplies provided! 🖍️🎨