Get involved
There is a place for everyone who wants to help.
Membership is open to every graduate worker at UVM — teaching assistants, research assistants, and graduate fellows alike. Allies in every other role can help too.
For
Graduate workers
If you teach a section, run a lab, or hold any UVM graduate appointment, the union represents you. Showing up — even quietly — is how we win.
- Sign on as a member
- Attend an open bargaining sessionRSVP via the form if you can, but you can also just pop in at your own time.
- Add GSU to your Google Calendar
- Get involved in your union
- Join our Organizing CommitteeYou can just sit in to get a feel — great way to hear the latest updates and keep your department informed.
- Follow GSU on InstagramBest place to stay updated — and to send us funny memes.
- Bookmark the GSU website
For
Faculty & staff
Public statements of solidarity from people with tenure and contracts protect grad workers from retaliation. Faculty have access we do not — both to other faculty and to the administration.
- Raise the issue in your departmentDirectory of program coordinators and department chairs, with an email template you can adapt.
- Speak to the administration directlyOrg chart with the most useful admin contacts highlighted — Provost, VP for Graduate Studies, VP for Faculty Affairs, and the President.
For
Undergraduates
Your TAs, instructors, and lab leaders are graduate workers. Pressure from undergraduates moves administrators in ways nothing else does.
- Email UVM administrationOrg chart with the right offices highlighted — Dean of Students, VP for Academic Affairs, and the President.
- Bring it to student governmentSGA and GSS officers highlighted — connect undergraduate pressure to graduate-worker organizing through formal channels.
- Look up your TA's home departmentFind the program coordinator and chair to raise the issue in the department your TA works for.
For
Everyone
Most of this work is information — share what you've learned, follow the campaign, and show up when it counts.
A note on confidentiality
Sign-on information is kept confidential within the organizing committee. Names are not shared with departments, programs, or the administration without explicit consent. If you have concerns about participation, contact the committee privately to discuss options.