On Tuesday, the Stanford Graduate Workers Union (SGWU) called off a strike scheduled for Wednesday morning after reaching a tentative contract agreement with the University. SGWU will release the University’s full offer on Wednesday, which members will be able to vote on.

“We were able to get sufficient movement from Stanford to reach a tentative agreement this evening on a complete contract that we can recommend.“ SGWU wrote to its members Tuesday evening. “We are thus calling off the strike at this time.”

The Daily reached out to the University and SGWU for comment. 

After a break in negotiations last Thursday — when the University demanded the union change positions on wages before negotiating other issues — the SGWU accelerated plans to strike on Tuesday. 

The University resumed negotiations with the union on Monday, which occurred due to student and faculty pressure, according to SGWU. After 14 hours of negotiations Monday, the union postponed the planned strike to Wednesday, explaining they had made “progress,” and resumed negotiations Tuesday morning. 

The tentative agreement comes after a year of negotiations. Since then, the union has largely pushed the University to increase wages, arguing Stanford’s wages are insufficient compared to peer institutions and the cost of living in the Bay Area, according to SGWU’s cost-of-living calculations.

The union’s economic demands include a wage increase that outpaces inflation and rent costs, to prevent workers from facing “food insecurities and other financial anxieties.” The University has consistently asserted that its offer is competitive with peer institutions. 

After the University offered a 4.5% increase last Wednesday — the highest offer up to that point — the union rejected it, citing that it remained insufficient due to the high costs of living in Santa Clara County. 

The union has maintained throughout strike planning that they hoped to avert one, and would do so if the University offered a “fair contract.”