Graduate Employees Union of Portland State University, AFT/AAUP

- Regular Membership is open to employees included in GEU's bargaining unit, or in a bargaining unit being organized by GEU. Regular members in good standing shall be entitled to all rights and privileges in Section 3.3 of the GEU Constitution and Bylaws. If you are a current GA who receives tuition remission from PSU, you are likely eligible for Regular Membership.
- Associate Membership is available to employees who leave the bargaining unit for any reason (except supervisory status), PSU graduate students who are excluded from the bargaining unit represented by GEU, and former GEU Members in good standing who left the Portland State University graduate program less than one (1) calendar year ago. Associate members who are not currently Portland State University graduate students are not eligible for election to officer or steward positions. All Associate members in good standing have the same rights and privileges as Regular members in accordance with Section 3.6 of the GEU Constitution and Bylaws, except that they may not vote on collective bargaining agreements, calls to strike, or on questions of dues.

If you are unsure which type of membership you should choose, please email info@pdxgeu.org

I hereby authorize PSU to release information to GEU, including my legal name, student ID number, current home and campus office addresses, phone numbers, University and alternate email addresses, GTA/GRA/GAA and bargaining unit status, job title, employing unit, FTE, appointment length, appointment start and end dates, hourly pay rate, salary, tuition and fees paid by the GA, tuition, fees, and health insurance costs paid by the University and through external funding, respectively, health insurance waiver status, and international student status, for GEU to use in representational duties. This information authorization shall remain in effect as long as I am affiliated with PSU. I also hereby authorize PSU to deduct from my monthly paycheck the appropriate dues for GEU, and to remit that amount to GEU as directed by GEU. This deduction authorization shall remain in effect during current and future employment as a graduate employee at PSU, regardless of any changes or re-designation of my bargaining unit status, while I remain a GEU member. I can revoke either authorization by giving thirty (30) days’ written notice to PSU and GEU.