# 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

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).
Active United States graduate student employee bargaining units, established or publicly announced :
| State | School | Unit Name | Unit Nickname | Status | Union Local |
| DC | American University | Graduate Student Workers Union | - | contracted | SEIU 500 |
| AZ | Arizona State University | United Campus Workers of Arizona | - | contracted | CWA 7065 |
| AL | Auburn University | United Campus Workers of Alabama at Auburn University | UCW Auburn | contracted | CWA 3965 |
| TN | Austin Peay State University | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | restricted | CWA 3865 |
| MA | Boston College | Boston College Graduate Employees Union | BCGEU | certified | UAW #(?) |
| MA | Boston University | Boston University Graduate Workers Union | BUGWU | certified | SEIU 509 |
| MA | Brandeis University | Graduate Student Union? | - | contracted | SEIU 509 |
| RI | Brown University | Graduate Labor Organization | GLO | contracted | AFT 6516 |
| CA | California State University System | Academic Student Employees | ASE | contracted | UAW 4123 |
| MI | Central Michigan University | Graduate Student Union | GSU | contracted | AFT 6522 |
| TN | Chattanooga State Community College | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | restricted | CWA 3865 |
| NY | City University of New York (CUNY) | Graduate Center Chapter of the Professional Staff Congress | PSC GC | contracted | AFT 2334 |
| MA | Clark University | Clark University Graduate Workers United, | CUGWU | contracted | IBT 170 |
| VA | College of William & Mary | United Campus Workers of Virginia | - | restricted | CWA 2265 |
| CO | Colorado State University | Graduate Workers Organizing Cooperative | GWOK | independent | independent |
| NY | Columbia University | Student Workers of Columbia | SWC | contracted | UAW 2710 |
| GA | Columbus State University | United Campus Workers of Georgia | - | restricted | CWA 3265 |
| NY | Cornell University | Cornell Graduate Students United | - | certified | UE #tbd |
| NH | Dartmouth College | Graduate Organized Laborers at Dartmouth | GOLD | certified | UE 261 |
| NC | Duke University | Duke Graduate Students Union | - | certified | SEIU 27 |
| TN | East Tennessee State University | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | restricted | CWA 3865 |
| KY | Eastern Kentucky University | United Campus Workers of Kentucky | UCWKY-EKU (?) | contracted | CWA 3365 |
| MA | Emerson College | Emerson College Student Union | ECSU | independent | independent |
| GA | Emory University | EmoryUnite! | - | certified | SEIU 29 |
| FL | Florida A&M University | Graduate Assistants United | GAU | contracted | NEA/AFT #(?) |
| FL | Florida State University | Graduate Assistants United | GAU | contracted | NEA/AFT #(?) |
| NY | Fordham University | Fordham Graduate Student Workers | FGSW | certified | CWA 1104 |
| DC | George Washington University | Graduate Workers United | GWU | contracted | (?) |
| DC | Georgetown University | Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees | GAGE | contracted | AFT 6440 |
| GA | Georgia College & State University | United Campus Workers of Georgia | UCWGA-GCSU | restricted | CWA 3265 |
| GA | Georgia Gwinnett College | United Campus Workers of Georgia | UCWGA-GGC | restricted | CWA 3265 |
| GA | Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech) | United Campus Workers of Georgia | UCWGA-GT | restricted | CWA 3265 |
| GA | Georgia Southern University | United Campus Workers of Georgia | - | restricted | CWA 3265 |
| GA | Georgia Southwestern State University | United Campus Workers of Georgia | UCWGSW | restricted | CWA 3265 |
| GA | Georgia State University | United Campus Workers of Georgia | UCWGA-GSU | restricted | CWA 3265 |
| GA | Georgia State University Perimeter College | United Campus Workers of Georgia | - | restricted | CWA 3265 |
| MA | Harvard University | Harvard Undergraduate Workers Union | HUWU | contracted | UAW 5118 |
| MA | Harvard University | Harvard Graduate Students Union | HGSU | contracted | UAW 5118 |
| NY | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Sinai Student Workers | SSW | unionizing | UAW #tbd |
| IL | Illinois State University | Graduate Workers Union | GWU | contracted | SEIU 73 |
| IN | Indiana University - Bloomington | Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition | - | unionizing | UE #(?) |
| FL | Jacksonville State University | (?) | To be decided (?) | unionizing | (?) |
| MD | Johns Hopkins University | Teachers and Researchers United | TRU | certified | UE 197 |
| GA | Kennesaw State University | United Campus Workers of Georgia | UCWGA-KSU | restricted | CWA 3265 |
| KY | Kentucky Community & Technical College System | United Campus Workers of Kentucky | - | contracted | CWA 3365 |
| TN | Lemoyne-Owen College | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | unionizing | CWA 3865 |
| LA | Louisiana State University | United Campus Workers of Louisiana | - | contracted | CWA 3465 |
| IL | Loyola University Chicago | Loyola Graduate Workers' Union | LGWU | contracted | SEIU 73 |
| MA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Graduate Student Union | GSU | contracted | UE 256 |
| MI | Michigan State University | Graduate Employees Union | GEU | contracted | AFT 6196 |
| MI | Michigan Technological University | United Campus Workers Michigan | - | unionizing | CWA #(?) |
| TN | Middle Tennessee State University | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | restricted | CWA 3865 |
| MS | Mississippi State University | United Campus Workers of Mississippi | - | unionizing | CWA 3565 |
| MT | Montana State University | Graduate Employee Organization | GEO | contracted | AFT 7756 |
| KY | Morehead State University | United Campus Workers of Kentucky | - | unionizing | CWA 3365 |
| KY | Murray State University | United Campus Workers of Kentucky | - | contracted | CWA 3365 |
| NJ | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Graduate Student & Research Employee Unit | GSRE | contracted | AFT/AAUP 6323(?) |
| NM | New Mexico State University | Graduate Workers United | GWU | contracted | UE 1498 |
| NY | New York University (NYU) | Graduate Student Organizing Committee | GSOC | contracted | UAW 2110 |
| NC | North Carolina State University | NC State Graduate Workers Union | - | restricted | UE 150 |
| MA | Northeastern University | Graduate Employees of Northeastern University | GENU | contracted | UAW #(?) |
| AZ | Northern Arizona University | University Union of Northern Arizona | UUNA | contracted | AFT 5196 |
| IL | Northwestern University | Northwestern University Graduate Workers | NUGW | contracted | UE 1122 |
| OR | Oregon Health & Science University | Graduate Researchers United | GRU | contracted | AFSCME 402 |
| OR | Oregon State University | Coalition of Graduate Employees | CGE | contracted | AFT 6069 |
| TN | Pellissippi State Community College | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | restricted | CWA 3865 |
| PA | Pennsylvania State University | Coalition of Graduate Employees at Pennsylvania State University | CGEPSU | unionizing | To be decided |
| OR | Portland State University | Graduate Employees Union | GEU | contracted | AFT/AAUP 6666 |
| NJ | Princeton University | Princeton Graduate Students United | PGSU | unionizing | UE #(?) |
| IN | Purdue University | Graduate Rights and Our Well-Being | GROW | unionizing | (?) |
| NJ | Rutgers University | Rutgers AAUP-AFT Academic Worker Union | Rutgers AAUP | contracted | AFT/AAUP 6323 |
| IL | Southern Illinois University at Carbondale | Graduate Assistants United, | GA United | contracted | NEA #(?) |
| IL | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | SIUE Graduate Workers Forward (?) | - | contracted | SEIU 73 |
| TN | Southwest Tennessee Community College | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | unionizing | CWA 3865 |
| CA | Stanford University | Stanford Graduate Workers Union | SGWU | certified | UE 1043 |
| NY | State University of New York (SUNY) | Graduate Student Employees Union | GSEU | contracted | CWA 1104 |
| NY | Stony Brook University | Research Assistants Union | RA Union | contracted | CWA 1104 |
| NY | Syracuse University | Syracuse Graduate Employees United | SGEU | certified | SEIU 200 United |
| PA | Temple University | Temple University Graduate Students' Association | TUGSA | contracted | AFT 6290 |
| TN | Tennessee State University | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | restricted | CWA 3865 |
| TN | Tennessee Tech University | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | restricted | CWA 3865 |
| NY | The New School | Student Employees at The New School | SENS | contracted | UAW 7902 |
| AL | Troy University | name? | - | unionizing | To be decided |
| LA | Tulane University | Solidarity Tulane, | SolTul | independent | independent |
| MA | Tufts University | Tufts University Graduate Workers Union | TUGWU | contracted | SEIU 509 |
| AL | University of Alabama | United Campus Workers of Alabama - University of Alabama | UCWAL - UA | contracted | CWA 3965 |
| AL | University of Alabama at Birmingham | (?) | - | unionizing | To be decided |
| AK | University of Alaska | Alaskan Graduate Workers Association | AGWA | certified | UAW #tbd |
| AZ | University of Arizona | United Campus Workers of Arizona | - | contracted | CWA 7065 |
| AR | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville Education Association | - | restricted | NEA 965 |
| CA | University of California system | Academic Student Employees | ASE | contracted | UAW 4811 |
| CA | University of California system | Student Researchers (Student Researchers United-UAW) | SR | contracted | UAW 4811 |
| IL | University of Chicago | Graduate Students United | GSU | contracted | UE 1103 |
| IL | University of Chicago | Student Library Employee Union | SLEU | contracted | IBT 743 |
| CO | University of Colorado Boulder | United Campus Workers Colorado | - | unionizing | CWA 7799 |
| CT | University of Connecticut (UConn) | Graduate Employee & Postdoc Union | GEU | contracted | UAW 6950 |
| FL | University of Florida | Graduate Assistants United | GAU | contracted | NEA/AFT #(?) |
| GA | University of Georgia | United Campus Workers of Georgia | UCWGA-UGA | restricted | CWA 3265 |
| HI | University of Hawai'i at Mānoa | Academic Labor United | To be decided | restricted | To be decided |
| IL | University of Illinois Chicago | Graduate Employees Organization | GEO | contracted | AFT 6297 |
| IL | University of Illinois Springfield | Association of Graduate Employees, | AGE | contracted | AFT 4100 |
| IL | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Graduate Employees' Organization | GEO | contracted | AFT 6300 |
| IA | University of Iowa | Campaign to Organize Graduate Students | COGS | contracted | UE 896 |
| KS | University of Kansas | Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition | GTAC | contracted | AFT 6403 |
| KY | University of Kentucky | United Campus Workers of Kentucky | - | contracted | CWA 3365 |
| KY | University of Louisville | United Campus Workers of Kentucky | - | contracted | CWA 3365 |
| ME | University of Maine | University of Maine Graduate Workers Union | UMGWU | certified | UAW #tbd |
| MD | University of Maryland, College Park | University of Maryland Graduate Labor Union | UMD-GLU | restricted | UAW #tbd |
| MA | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Graduate Employee Organization | GEO | contracted | UAW 2322 |
| MA | University of Massachusetts Boston | Graduate Employee Organization | GEO | contracted | UAW 1596 |
| MA | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | name in progress since 4/27/2023 | nickname in progress since 4/27/2023 | certified | AFT 6350 |
| MA | University of Massachusetts Lowell | Graduate Employee Organization | GEO | contracted | UAW 1596 |
| TN | University of Memphis | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | unionizing | CWA 3865 |
| FL | University of Miami | Graduate Workers Union | GWU (?) | unionizing | To be decided |
| MI | University of Michigan | Graduate Employees' Organization | GEO | contracted | AFT 3550 |
| MN | University of Minnesota | Graduate Labor Union | GLU | certified | UE 1105 |
| MS | University of Mississippi | United Campus Workers of Mississippi, | | unionizing | CWA 3565 |
| MO | University of Missouri - Kansas City | Graduate Rights Organization, | GRO | independent | independent |
| NE | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Unionize UNL | - | unionizing | To be decided |
| NH | University of New Hampshire | Graduate Employees United | UNH-GEU-UAW | certified | UAW #tbd |
| NM | University of New Mexico | United Grad Workers | UGW | contracted | UE 1466 |
| LA | University of New Orleans | United Campus Workers of Louisiana | - | unionizing | CWA 3465 |
| NC | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | The Workers Union at UNC | - | restricted | UE 150 |
| NC | University of North Carolina Charlotte | (?) | - | restricted | UE 150 |
| NC | University of North Carolina Greensboro | (?) | - | restricted | UE 150 |
| GA | University of North Georgia | United Campus Workers of Georgia | UCWGA-UNG | restricted | CWA 3265 |
| OR | University of Oregon | Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation | GTFF | contracted | AFT 3544 |
| PA | University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) | Graduate Employees Together at the University of Pennsylvania | GET-UP | certified | UAW #tbd |
| RI | University of Rhode Island | Graduate Assistants United | GAU | contracted | NEA #(?) |
| SC | University of South Carolina | United Campus Workers of South Carolina | - | restricted | CWA 3765 |
| FL | University of South Florida | Graduate Assistants United | GAU | contracted | NEA/AFT #(?) |
| CA | University of Southern California | Graduate Student Worker Organizing Committee | GSWOC | contracted | UAW #(?) |
| MS | University of Southern Mississippi | United Campus Workers of Mississippi | - | unionizing | CWA 3565 |
| TN | University of Tennessee at Martin | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | unionizing | CWA 3865 |
| TN | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | restricted | CWA 3865 |
| TN | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | unionizing | CWA 3865 |
| TN | University of Tennessee Knoxville | United Campus Workers of Tennessee | - | restricted | CWA 3865 |
| TX | University of Texas at Austin | Underpaid At UT, | Underpaid@UT | restricted | none, independent |
| VT | University of Vermont | Graduate Students United | GSU | certified | UAW 2322 |
| VA | University of Virginia | United Campus Workers of Virginia | - | restricted | CWA 2265 |
| WA | University of Washington | Research Coordinators & Research Consultants | To be decided | unionizing | To be decided |
| WA | University of Washington | Researchers United | UW Researchers United (?) | contracted | UAW 4121 |
| GA | University of West Georgia | United Campus Workers of Georgia | UCWGA-UWG | restricted | CWA 3265 |
| WI | University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee | AAUP // UW-Milwaukee Chapter | UWM-AAUP | contracted | AAUP #(?) |
| WI | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Teaching Assistants' Association | TAA | contracted | AFT 3220 |
| TN | Vanderbilt University | Vanderbilt Graduate Workers United | VGWU | unionizing | UAW #(?) |
| VA | Virginia Commonwealth University | United Campus Workers of Virginia | - | restricted | CWA 2265 |
| WA | Washington State University | Coalition of Academic Student Employees | CASE | contracted | UAW 4121 |
| MO | Washington University in St. Louis | Washington University Undergraduate and Graduate Workers' Union | WUGWU | independent | independent |
| MI | Wayne State University | Graduate Employees Organizing Committee | GEOC | contracted | AFT 6123 |
| MI | Western Michigan University | Teaching Assistants Union | TAU | contracted | AFT 1729 |
| WA | Western Washington University | Western Academic Workers United Educational Student Employees | WAWU ESEs | contracted | UAW #(?) |
| WA | Western Washington University | Western Academic Workers United Operational Student Employees | WAWU OSEs | contracted | UAW #(?) |
| NC | Winston Salem State University | (?) | - | restricted | UE 150 |
| MA | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI-MIT Joint Program) | Graduate Student Union | GSU | unionizing | UE #tbd |
| MA | Worcester Polytechnic University (WPI) | Graduate Workers Union | WPI-GWU | contracted | UAW 2322 |
| CT | Yale University | Local 33 | Local 33 | contracted | UNITE HERE! 33 |
| MO | Saint Louis University | Graduate Workers SLU Union | SLUUnion | unionizing | UAW #(?) |

## In Canada

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).
Active Canadian graduate student employee bargaining units, established or publicly announced :
| Province | School | Unit Name | Unit Nickname | Status | Union Local |
| QC | McGill University (Université McGill) | Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (L’Association des étudiant.e.s diplômé.e.s employé.e.s de McGill) | AGSEM (AEEDEM) Unit 1 | contracted | CSN |
| QC | McGill University (Université McGill) | Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (L’Association des étudiant.e.s diplômé.e.s employé.e.s de McGill) | AGSEM (AEEDEM) Unit 2 | Contracted | CSN |
| QC | McGill University (Université McGill) | Association of McGill University Research Employees (Association des employées et employés de recherche de l’université McGill) | AMURE (AERUM) Unit 1 | Contracted | PSAC 17601 |
| QC | McGill University (Université McGill) | Association of McGill University Support Employees (Le syndicat des employé.e.s occassionel.le.s de l’Université McGill) | AMUSE (SEOUM) Unit 1 | Contracted | PSAC 17600 |
| QC | McGill University (Université McGill) | Association of McGill University Support Employees (Le syndicat des employé.e.s occassionel.le.s de l’Université McGill) | AMUSE (SEOUM) Unit 2 | Contracted | PSAC 17600 |
| QC | McGill University (Université McGill) | McGill Course Lecturers and Instructors Union (Syndicat des chargé(e)s de cours et instructeurs(trices) de McGill) | MCLIU (SCCIM) | Contracted | CSN |
| AB | University of Calgary | Graduate Labour Union Calgary | GLU Calgary | Contracted | N/A |
| AB | University of Alberta | Graduate Student Association Labour Relations Committee | GSA | Contracted | N/A |
| BC | Simon Fraser University | Teaching Support Staff Union | TSSU | Independent | Independent |
| BC | University of British Columbia | CUPE 2278 | - | Contracted | CUPE 2278 |
| ON | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto | Education Workers Unit 7 | - | Contracted | CUPE 3902 |
| ON | Queen's University | Graduate Teaching Assistants, Graduate Teaching Fellows, Graduate Research Assistants and JD and MD Teaching Assistants at Queen's University | PSAC 901 Unit 1 | Contracted | PSAC 901 |
| ON | Queen's University | Postdoctoral Fellows at Queen's University | PSAC 901 Unit 2 | Contracted | PSAC 901 |
| ON | University of St. Michael's College | Education Workers Unit 4 | - | Contracted | CUPE 3902 |
| ON | University of Toronto | Education Workers Unit 1 | - | Contracted | CUPE 3902 |
| ON | University of Toronto | Education Workers Unit 3 | CUPE 3902 U3 | Contracted | CUPE 3902 |
| ON | University of Toronto New College International Programs | Education Workers Unit 6 | - | Contracted | CUPE 3902 |
| ON | Victoria University | Education Workers Unit 2 | - | Contracted | CUPE 3902 |
| ON | Western University | Teaching Assistants' and Postdoctoral Associates' Union at Western University | PSAC 601 | Contracted | PSAC 601 |