Graduate students in University of Chicago degree programs providing instructional and research services for the University, including teaching assistants; research assistants; graders; preceptors; lecturers and CCTL fellows in PSD, BSD, PME, SSD, HUM, Crown, Harris, Booth, Divinity, the Law School, and The College.

Specific exclusions are listed in the recognition clause of the tentative agreement, and listed at the end of this document

To become a current member of the Union, you must sign a membership card and pay monthly membership dues. The easiest way to do this is to fill out a digital membership/dues authorization form. You must be a member to participate in the ratification vote.

If you were previously a member, to become a current member, you must sign a new digital membership card.

Voluntary dues were terminated as of May 31, 2024. Dues collection as agreed upon in the tentative agreement will begin on July 1, 2024.

Dues fund a strong union that can win better wages, benefits, and working conditions. Union dues go directly to GSU-UE Local 1103 to fund the training, support, materials, staff and other resources we need to maintain an independent, democratic, rank-and-file union.

Union dues are 1.44% of our gross compensation.

All RAs, TAs, Lecturers, Graders, Preceptors and CCTL fellows who receive the full benefits and protections of the contract, are required to either pay dues as union members with voting privileges or else pay equivalent agency fees to cover the costs of collective bargaining and contract enforcement. Our union constitution sets the amount for both dues and agency fees to be 1.44% of our pay.

If you are covered by our contract, you can either become a member of GSU-UE Local 1103 and pay dues or, if you choose not to become a member, pay an agency fee to the Union. This fee, which is authorized by federal law, is equivalent to union dues and covers your fair share of supporting our effort to bargain collectively with our employer and improve and defend our working conditions. Non-member fee-payers forego all rights and benefits of union membership. Non-members can sign up to pay monthly fees through payroll deduction here.

Importantly, becoming a member of the union gives you the right to vote in union elections, run for union officer and steward positions, attend General Membership Meetings (GMMs), and participate in the decision-making and democracy of our union. Only union members are eligible to vote.

The most convenient way to pay dues is by signing up for payroll deduction using the digital membership/dues authorization form. By filling out this form, your dues will automatically be deducted from your paycheck and forwarded to the Union.

If you would prefer not to use this convenient method of automatic payment, you may pay your dues directly to GSU-UE Local 1103 on a monthly basis.

Dues collection will begin on July 1, 2024. They will be deducted from your paycheck at the end of the month if you have authorized payroll deduction.

You can send us an email at graduatestudentsunited@gmail.com.

• Undergraduate Students

• Graduate students who are not providing instructional or research services for the University

• Workshop Coordinators

• Peer Mentors

• Students working in the Pritzker School of Medicine (including M.D./Ph.D. students in Pritzker who are in their M.D. phase of studies);

• Office clericals, managers, guards, and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act.