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for work expectations and the onboarding process. The College said most of the practices are already in place, and since hiring occurs before a student enters the workplace, these practices would not technically involve a student worker part of UGSDW.

When discussing the article concerning union rights, UGSDW and the College disagreed when it came to the union meeting on campus. UGSDW said they wanted to continue the process of meeting on campus in accordance with other student groups — the College said UGSDW is classified as an outside group and must follow the rules of outside groups to reserve spaces on campus.

The final collective bargaining session held over spring break mainly discussed data security and wages.

The College insisted UGSDW sign both a Data Security Agreement and a Non-Disclosure Agreement if they continued to seek students’ personal information, including phone numbers and workplace employment — this would be along with students releasing this information through a Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) waiver. The College offered UGSDW access to this information in a locked office on campus, but only on paper.

Following UGSDW’s concern over tiered wages, the College also put forth a new wage proposal allotting student workers a starting base wage of $13.25.