The University of Michigan and the Graduate Employees’ Organization have reached an agreement on the parameters for an upcoming election in which graduate student research assistants will vote on whether they want to join the GEO bargaining unit.  

The secret-ballot election, which is governed by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, will take place through mail-in ballots between March 9 and March 25, with MERC vote counting to begin March 26.

If a majority of those voting agree to be represented by GEO, more than 2,400 GSRAs across all three campuses will be added to the bargaining unit, which currently includes graduate student instructors and graduate student staff assistants.

MERC will mail election ballots to the addresses on file with the university. Graduate students who have appointments as graduate student research assistants may update their current local address via Wolverine Access in the Employee Self Service tab under Campus Personal Information.