The GEO-UAW 1596 represents graduate student employees at UMass Boston
The Graduate Employee Union is a labor union that represents graduate assistants at UMass Boston. We are a student-run organization with democratically-elected leadership.
We are also a part of the UAW Local 1596.
This structure lets us have the best of both worlds.
We have access to the resources and expertise of the international UAW union, and we know what it’s like to be a graduate assistant at UMass Boston because we are all current or former UMB grad students ourselves.
Fall 2026 Elections:
Nominations open Sep 21st
Voting Oct 2nd-4th
Scholarly Support Fund:
Opens on Sep 28th at 9a.m.
Watch here for the link!
We are holding elections to fill ONE assistantship positions (0.5 FTE)
on the Organizing Committee.
Click here to self-nominate.
The SSF grant has increased grant limits and has a new category!
Click here to read the guidelines.