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PSU Solidarity Actions

You can find all these tools and more at our PSU Union Solidarity page.

We at GEU stand in solidarity with our fellow PSU unions, PSU-AAUP, PSUFA, and SEIU. All of us are committed to creating a safe, nurturing learning environment for students, faculty, staff, and community members. If you’re interested in helping, you can sign a letter of solidarity with PSU-AAUP.

Solidarity includes supporting our fellow PSU unions when they need to strike. You have the right to support in the following ways according to the GEU contract:

One of the most powerful things you can do to show solicarity, and to advocate for yourself, is to track you hours. Tracking hours helps you to show what you work on and for how long, in order to ensure that your employer is not going against contract by requiring you to “perform work that they believe is outside their area of experience, beyond their capabilities, beyond their FTE, or that they consider unsafe.” 

Here’s a GEU Hour Tracker Template we’ve created to make it easy!

GEU Grad Social

February 7, 2025

5:30 PM

Worker’s Tap

101 SE 12th Ave, Portland OR 97214

We’ll bring snacks, you bring yourself and your friends/family to hang out and talk union power.

By transit from main campus, take the 12 or 19 bus north to E Burnside and SE 12th Ave.

A barrel over the words Workers Tap and Cafe, Worker Owned and Operated. The logo of the cafe.

Tentative Agreement Ratified!

The Tentative Agreement (TA) GEU made with PSU on December 5th during our economic reopener negotiations has been ratified. With 80% of members participating, GEU has voted by 93% to approve the agreement (5% opposed ratification and 2% abstained). Thanks to our members for turning out to vote.

Summary of Ratified TA Changes:

Salary:

  • 9% increase to minimum salary as of 12/16/24 to $20.57 (for the remainder for this school year); 5% increase as of 9/16/25 to $21.60 (for the 2025-26 school year)
  • 3.5% Cost of living adjustment (COLA) applied 12/16/24 for the 2024-25 school year; 3.5% COLA increase applied 9/16/25 for the 2025-26 school year
  • Anyone below the minimum currently or after COLA increase will have their salary increased to the new minimum
  • $500 Fall term retroactive COLA one-time payment for current employees
  • Removed language requiring GA to be in the same employing unit as prior year to receive COLA

Graduate Assistance Fund:

  • $45,000 added for 2025-26 school year and all unused funds will roll over year to year
  • Funds will be distributed monthly on paychecks (previously this was only distributed quarterly)
  • Added language to allow coverage of expenses specific to international students (eg. fees charged each term).

Health Care Memorandum of understanding:

  • PSU will hire a consultant to obtain information about options for and all costs related to providing either a GA group health plan or an ICHRA (Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Account) to GAs as a benefit of employment. And will study the impact of these options on GAs who have their own coverage through another plan or the Oregon Health Plan
  • Data and report from the consultant will be provided to GEU by 10/3/25.
  • This info will inform successor bargaining which will begin in Jan 2026 instead of in March 2026 to allow for more time to negotiate our next full contract.

The full updated portion of the ratified contract can be found on our Contract, Constitution and Bylaws page here.

GEU Mediation – GMM

December 5th

GEU Members, lunchtime: come to Fariborz Maseeh Hall (FMH), Basement rm. 134 or on zoom at Noon This Thursday to get food, and hear from our bargaining team about how things are going in mediation.

GEU Members Meeting : RSVP Here

Everyone, we’ll be having an open zoom room throughout the day, so if you can’t make lunch, check back for the link day-of and swing by to say hello when you have time!

GEU Budget Cuts and Layoffs Zoom Chat – 11/12/24

Layoffs Zoom Chat

Join us on Tuesday, November 12th at 6:30pm via zoom to discuss budget cuts, layoffs, and how these will effect graduate employees.
Zoom Meeting Link: https://pdx.zoom.us/j/85652924303

Calendar Link

We at GEU don’t know much that’s not publicly available already, but we want to make sure our fellow GAs all know what’s happening and are aware of their rights.

You can check out our FAQ here, or review our full contracts here.

Full Zoom Invite:

Scheduled Zoom meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://pdx.zoom.us/j/85652924303

Meeting ID: 856 5292 4303

Telephone Commands:

*6 – Toggle mute/unmute

*9 – Raise hand

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Dial by your location

+1 971 247 1195 US (Portland)

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Meeting ID: 856 5292 4303

Find your local number: https://pdx.zoom.us/u/kdSRV7sjey