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A lot of labor related stuff can be found at AFL-CIO. The American Federation of Teachers an 87,500-member national union, which represents graduate employees at universities across the country including the Universities of Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon, and Kansas, is also present on the web, as well as the Illinois Federation of Teachers. For links to [...]

Graduate Employee Union Contracts

Below are links to contracts won by graduate employee unions around the
country. These contracts were negotiated by graduate employees for graduate
employees. They guarantee basic rights and a powerful voice in the decision
making process on each of the campuses. This is what GEO is fighting for!

For a summary of some of the most notable provisions in [...]

FAQ

General Questions about GEO

What is the Graduate Employees’ Organization, and what are its goals?
Why should I join the GEO?
Who is allowed to be a member of the union?
Are there other universities with graduate employee unions?

Contract Questions

Did we already have the protections stipulated in the contract?
What do I do if the contract has been [...]

Summary of Graduate Employee Union Contracts

The following summary was compiled from several graduate employee union
contracts. The contracts cover a range of universities, from ones with
older and more established unions to those with more recent unions and
from large to small universities. Listed below are some major highlights
from these contracts. The links included below will take you to each union’s
home page. For [...]