Editing Grinnell College (section)

=== Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers ===
In 2016, students formed the Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers, or UGSDW, to represent student workers in the college's dining hall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About – UGSDW |url=https://www.ugsdw.org/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120095413/https://www.ugsdw.org/about/ |archive-date=20 November 2018 |access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref> It was the first undergraduate student workers union at a private college in the United States.<ref name="labornotes.org">{{Cite web|url=http://labornotes.org/2018/11/iowa-pioneering-undergrad-workers-union-keeps-growing|title=In Iowa, Pioneering Undergrad Workers Union Keeps Growing &#124; Labor Notes|last=Brophy|first=Megan|date=November 6, 2018|website=Labor Notes|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120055204/http://labornotes.org/2018/11/iowa-pioneering-undergrad-workers-union-keeps-growing|archive-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Hardy 2017">{{cite web |last1=Hardy |first1=Kevin |title=These Iowa Students Want Their College to Be the 'Most Unionized Campus in the Country' |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2017/09/25/these-iowa-students-want-their-college-most-unionized-campus-country/692777001/ |website=The Des Moines Register |access-date=29 April 2023 |language=en-US |date=25 September 2017}}</ref> After several years of legal maneuvers,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bolten |first1=Kathy A. |title=Grinnell Student Workers Approve Campuswide Union; School's Move to Quash Has National Implications |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2018/11/29/union-grinnell-college-student-workers-unionize-iowa-nlrb-labor-relations-board-university-school/2143732002/ |website=[[Des Moines Register]] |language=en-US |date=29 November 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> the USGDW and the college agreed that the college would be neutral in elections and abide by the results.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Jett |first=Tyler |date=29 April 2022 |title=After Student Union Victory, Grinnell College President Expresses Support for Labor Leaders |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2022/04/29/expansion-student-union-grinnell-has-college-presidents-support/9588298002/ |access-date=29 April 2023 |website=[[The Des Moines Register|Des Moines Register]]}}</ref>

In April 2022, members of the UGSDW voted 327–6 to expand the union to all hourly paid student workers on campus, which made Grinnell the first and only fully unionized student-worker body in the country.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=McMenamin |first=Lexi |date=27 April 2022 |title=This is the U.S.'s First Fully Unionized Undergrad College |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/grinnell-college-student-union-election |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424203014/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/grinnell-college-student-union-election |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=28 April 2023 |website=Teen Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref>  In October 2022, the union and the college began the [[collective bargaining]] process.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collective Bargaining Sessions |url=https://www.grinnell.edu/about/leadership/offices-services/hr/student-employees/collective-bargaining |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429005724/https://www.grinnell.edu/about/leadership/offices-services/hr/student-employees/collective-bargaining |archive-date=29 April 2023 |access-date=29 April 2023 |website=Grinnell College}}</ref>