List of graduate student employee unions

Graduate student employees unions are labor unions that represent graduate students who are employed by their college or university as research assistants, teaching assistants, graduate assistants, or similar.

In the United States

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As of July 2023, at least 156 active graduate student employee bargaining units had publicized their unionization in the United States (as counted in the table below).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

In Canada

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As of July 2023, at least 14 active graduate student employee bargaining units had publicized their unionization in Canada (as counted in the table below).[178]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b (?) indicates something is unknown, unclear or not yet decided.
  2. ^ a b "Status" is either:
    • Unionizing: unionization is publicly in progress, but unit is not yet certified
    • Certified: unit is certified, but first contract is not yet ratified
    • Contracted: unit has ratified a contract
    • Independent: unit is established, not restricted, and chose against national union affiliation
    • Restricted: (US only) state law restricts public higher education teacher collective bargaining
    (AR,[9] GA,[10] HI,[11] MD,[12] NC,[13] SC,[14][15] TN,[16] TX,[17] VA[18])

References

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  2. ^ Herbert, William; Apkarian, Jacob; van der Naald, Joseph (November 2020). Supplementary Directory of New Bargaining Agents and Contracts in Institutions of Higher Education, 2013-2019 (PDF). Hunter College of The City University of New York, New York NY: The National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions. p. 75.
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  45. ^ "Cornell Graduate Students United". Cornell Graduate Students United.
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  47. ^ "Duke Graduate Students Union". Duke Graduate Students Union.
  48. ^ "UCW KY at Eastern Kentucky University | UCW Kentucky". ucwkentucky.org.
  49. ^ "Home | Emerson College Students' Union | Boston, MA". Emerson College Stud.
  50. ^ "Home". EmoryUnite!.
  51. ^ "UFF-FAMU-GAU Chapter". www.uff-famu-gau.org.
  52. ^ "Labor Union | FSU Graduate Assistants United". FSU GAU.
  53. ^ "Welcome!". Fordham Graduate Student Workers.
  54. ^ "The GW Citizen". The GW Citizen. October 15, 2019.
  55. ^ "Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees (GAGE)". Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees. July 10, 2023.
  56. ^ "Georgia College | UCW Georgia". ucwga.com.
  57. ^ "Georgia Gwinnett College | UCW Georgia". ucwga.com.
  58. ^ "Georgia Institute of Technology | UCW Georgia". ucwga.com.
  59. ^ "Georgia Southern University | UCW Georgia". ucwga.com.
  60. ^ "Georgia Southwestern | UCW Georgia". ucwga.com.
  61. ^ "Georgia State University | UCW Georgia". ucwga.com.
  62. ^ "GSU-Perimeter College | UCW Georgia". ucwga.com.
  63. ^ "HUWU – Harvard Graduate Student Union".
  64. ^ "Harvard Graduate Student Union – HGSU-UAW".
  65. ^ "UAW Sinai Student Workers |".
  66. ^ "ISU GWU". sites.google.com.
  67. ^ "Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition - United Electrical Workers". Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition - United Electrical Workers.
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  69. ^ "Teachers and Researchers United: The JHU Grad Workers Union - Teachers and Researchers United". February 1, 2023.
  70. ^ "Kennesaw State University | UCW Georgia". ucwga.com.
  71. ^ "KCTCS | UCW Kentucky". ucwkentucky.org.
  72. ^ a b c d e "West TN | United Campus Workers of Tennessee". ucwtn.org.
  73. ^ "United Campus Workers of LA - CWA Local 3465". ucw-la.org.
  74. ^ "Loyola Graduate Workers' Union | Loyola University Chicago". LGWU.
  75. ^ "MIT Graduate Student Union". MIT Graduate Student Union.
  76. ^ "Graduate Employees Union, Michigan State University". geuatmsu.org.
  77. ^ "UCW Michigan Tech Signup Form | United Campus Workers". ucw-cwa.org.
  78. ^ a b "United Campus Workers of Mississippi". United Campus Workers of Mississippi. November 18, 2022.
  79. ^ "MSU GEO". MSU GEO.
  80. ^ "United Campus Workers of Kentucky, Morehead State University, Instagram".[failed verification]
  81. ^ "Murray State University | UCW Kentucky". ucwkentucky.org.
  82. ^ "Information for Graduate Student Employees | Office of Graduate Studies". www5.njit.edu.
  83. ^ "NMSU Graduate Workers United – NMSU Graduate Workers United". nmsugrads.ueunion.org.
  84. ^ "GSOC-UAW Local 2110 | The Union for Graduate Employees at New York University". June 13, 2023.
  85. ^ "NC State Graduate Workers Union, North Carolina State University". Facebook.
  86. ^ "GENU-UAW: Graduate Employees of Northeastern University – A Union for Teaching and Research Assistants".
  87. ^ "Home | University Union of Northern Arizona". Uunaaft.
  88. ^ "Northwestern University Graduate Workers". Northwestern University Graduate Workers.
  89. ^ "OHSU Graduate Researchers United". Graduate Researchers United. August 7, 2018.
  90. ^ "Coalition of Graduate Employees". Coalition of Graduate Employees AFT 6069.
  91. ^ "CGE @ PSU – An employee-led campaign to unionize graduate employees at Penn State".
  92. ^ "We are the Graduate Employees Union of Portland State University".
  93. ^ "PGSU – Princeton Graduate Students United".
  94. ^ "Graduate Rights & Our Wellbeing - GROW AT PURDUE". sites.google.com.
  95. ^ "Teaching and Graduate Assistants". Rutgers AAUP-AFT.
  96. ^ "Graduate Assistants United". Graduate Assistants United.
  97. ^ "GA United | Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  98. ^ "332 Southern Illinois University Graduate Employees File to Join Local 73 – SEIU Local 73". seiu73.org.
  99. ^ "Stanford Graduate Workers Union". Stanford Graduate Workers Union.
  100. ^ "Welcome | GSEU". cwa1104gseu.com.
  101. ^ "CWA 1104 RA Union". cwaraunion.org.
  102. ^ "Syracuse Graduate Employees United". Syracuse Graduate Employees United.
  103. ^ "Temple University Graduate Students' Association". Temple University Graduate Students' Association.
  104. ^ "SENS-UAW | Student Employees at the New School-UAW". SENS-UAW.
  105. ^ "Tulane Grad Student Workers". Tulane Grad Student Workers.
  106. ^ "AFT Academics - Solidarity About". AFT Academics. March 11, 2021.
  107. ^ "Union Resources for GSAS Doctoral Students | School of Arts and Sciences". as.tufts.edu.
  108. ^ "United Campus Workers of Alabama". ucwal.org.
  109. ^ "AGWA-UAW.org". www.agwa-uaw.org.
  110. ^ "AGWA-UAW Bargaining Tracker". www.agwa-uaw.org/bargaining-center/bargaining-tracker.
  111. ^ "General 6". UCW Arizona.
  112. ^ "UA-Fayetteville Education Association". UA-Fayetteville Education Association. June 25, 2023.
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  114. ^ "UChicago Graduate Students United - United Electrical Workers". UChicago Graduate Students United - United Electrical Workers. May 26, 2023.
  115. ^ "Student Library Employee Union, University of Chicago, Facebook". Facebook.
  116. ^ "United Campus Workers Colorado". United Campus Workers Colorado.
  117. ^ "UCONN GRADUATE EMPLOYEE UNION – GEU-UAW Local 6950".
  118. ^ "Graduate Assistants United at UF". Graduate Assistants United at UF.
  119. ^ "University of Georgia | UCW Georgia". ucwga.com.
  120. ^ "Academic Labor United". Academic Labor United.
  121. ^ "About". www.uicgeo.org.
  122. ^ "Labor & Employee Relations | University of Illinois Springfield". www.uis.edu.
  123. ^ "UIS Association of Graduate Employees". www.facebook.com.
  124. ^ "Graduate Employees' Organization at UIUC". Graduate Employees' Organization at UIUC. April 6, 2023.
  125. ^ @ilpublicmedia (2023-02-22). "Contract negotiations continue between University of Illinois, graduate workers". Illinois Public Media. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  126. ^ "The University Works Because We Do!". UE Local 896 - COGS.
  127. ^ "GTAC AFT Local 6403". GTAC AFT Local 6403.
  128. ^ "Graduate assistants say KU wants to cut 440 of their jobs. KU says that's a departmental decision". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  129. ^ "UCW KY at University of Kentucky | UCW Kentucky". ucwkentucky.org. 24 November 2020.
  130. ^ Maines, Erin (April 6, 2023). "It's time the University of Kentucky paid student workers what they're worth | Opinion".
  131. ^ "UCW KY at University of Louisville | UCW Kentucky". ucwkentucky.org.
  132. ^ "UAW University of Maine Grad Workers |".
  133. ^ "UMD Graduate Labor Union".
  134. ^ "Graduate Employee Organization, University of Massachusetts Amherst".
  135. ^ "Graduate Employee Organization". Graduate Employee Organization. January 24, 2023.
  136. ^ "HOME". www.umassdgradstudents.org.
  137. ^ "Graduate Employee Organization at UMass Lowell". sites.google.com.
  138. ^ "University of Miami Graduate Workers Union". University of Miami Graduate Workers Union.
  139. ^ "Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO) – GEO represents graduate student instructors (GSIs) and graduate student staff assistants (GSSAs) at the University of Michigan".
  140. ^ "UMN Graduate Labor Union - UE". UMN Graduate Labor Union - UE.
  141. ^ "United Campus Workers of Mississippi, University of Mississippi, Facebook". Facebook.
  142. ^ "GRO UMKC". www.facebook.com.
  143. ^ "Unionize UNL". unionizeunl.org.
  144. ^ "University of New Hampshire Graduate Employees United - United Auto Workers". unhgradunion.org.
  145. ^ "NH Grad Unions Pick Up the Union Banner". indepthnh.org/2024/03/29/nh-grad-unions-pick-up-the-union-banner/. 29 March 2024.
  146. ^ "United Grad Workers of UNM – United Grad Workers of UNM". unmgrads.ueunion.org.
  147. ^ "United Campus Workers of Louisiana local 3465". Facebook.
  148. ^ "The Workers Union at UNC". The Workers Union at UNC.
  149. ^ a b c "Chapters - UE Local 150".
  150. ^ "University of North Georgia | UCW Georgia". ucwga.com.
  151. ^ "Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation". Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation.
  152. ^ "GETUP-UAW | Penn works because we do. We are the graduate student union at the University of Pennsylvania".
  153. ^ "Graduate Assistants United". Graduate Assistants United. May 9, 2023.
  154. ^ "United Campus Workers of South Carolina". ucwsc.org.
  155. ^ "USF Graduate Assistants United". www.usfgau.org.
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  160. ^ "Graduate Students United, University of Vermont". Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  161. ^ "University of Virginia – UCWVA". ucwva.org.
  162. ^ "Research Coordinator and Research Consultant Unionization". July 18, 2022.
  163. ^ "UW Researchers United". UW Researchers United.
  164. ^ "United Campus Workers of Georgia, University of West Georgia, Facebook". Facebook.
  165. ^ "AAUP // UW-Milwaukee Chapter". AAUP // UW-Milwaukee Chapter.
  166. ^ "TAA | Graduate Worker Union of UW-Madison".
  167. ^ "Vanderbilt Graduate Workers United". Vanderbilt Graduate Workers United.
  168. ^ "Virginia Commonwealth University – UCWVA". ucwva.org.
  169. ^ "WSU-Coalition of Academic Student Employees". WSU-Coalition of Academic Student Employees.
  170. ^ "WashU Undergraduate & Graduate Workers Union". WashU Undergraduate & Graduate Workers Union.
  171. ^ "GEOC | Graduate Employees' Organizing Committee | Union | Detroit". GEOC.
  172. ^ "Teaching Assistants Union, Local 1729 | AFT Stateweb". tau.mi.aft.org.
  173. ^ "Educational Student Employees - WAWU Union". April 26, 2023.
  174. ^ "Operational Student Employees - We're gathering signatures!". May 3, 2023.
  175. ^ "FAQ". MIT Graduate Student Union.
  176. ^ "WPI Graduate Worker Union (WPI-GWU) – A union of graduate workers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute".
  177. ^ "Home — Local 33 UNITE HERE".
  178. ^ "Agreements". University of Toronto.
  179. ^ "Teaching Assistants". AGSEM-AÉÉDEM.
  180. ^ "Invigilators". AGSEM-AÉÉDEM.
  181. ^ "AMURE – Association of McGill University Research Employees". www.aerum-amure.ca.
  182. ^ "Casuals Collective Agreement". AMUSE/SEOUM.
  183. ^ "Floor Fellow Collective Agreement". AMUSE/SEOUM.
  184. ^ "MCLIU McGill Course Lecturers & Instructors Union | Your union resource".
  185. ^ "GLU Calgary – Yes, we are a union!". 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
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  187. ^ "TSSU - Est. 1978".
  188. ^ "CUPE 2278".
  189. ^ "Welcome to Unit 7".
  190. ^ "Unit 1 Collective Agreement – PSAC Local 901 Official Website". Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  191. ^ "Unit 2 Collective Agreement – PSAC Local 901 Official Website". Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  192. ^ "Welcome to Unit 4".
  193. ^ "Home – Unit 1". November 26, 2019.
  194. ^ "Home – Unit 3". October 5, 2022.
  195. ^ "Welcome to Unit 6".
  196. ^ "Welcome to Unit 2".
  197. ^ "Union | PSAC Local 610 | Ontario". Mysite. Retrieved 2024-02-22.