Union Documents
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Sign your Union Membership Card here
It is a condition of employment that graduate student workers sign a union card. Everyone must choose to either sign up as a union member and pay dues, or decline membership and pay an equivalent agency fee. The membership form above allows you to make that choice and fulfill this obligation.
Every grad worker who becomes a member of Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC-UAW) helps strengthen our advocacy for better pay, job conditions, and worker protections. Currently, both membership dues and agency fees are 1.44% of gross pay with a $50 initiation or reinstatement fee.
If you choose to decline membership, you are still required to pay agency fees and you waive your right to attend Union meetings, run for and hold Union office, vote to elect Union officers, and otherwise participate in the governance of our Union.
Document Guide
If you’re new to GSOC, you might have questions about the various documents that you’ll encounter as you begin your job and membership. We’re here to explain them all. You should receive all three of these documents for every GSOC position you work before your official start date. If you do not received them, please contact us so we can help!
Your department may have sent you a PDF copy of our membership card, but members should complete our convenient membership card form instead.
Fill out your Union Card here.
Note: This is a sample welcome letter. Details may have changed for the semester you are in. Always consult your welcome letter and the union if you have questions
