Graduate Student Union

Since July 1, 2018, a collective bargaining agreement between Brandeis University and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) local 509 has governed the terms of employment for PhD students who work as Teaching Assistants (TAs), Teaching Fellows (TFs) or Research Assistants (RAs) during their academic career. Under the Union contract, these students are called Graduate Assistants. Full details on this contract can be found here.
 
 For information on the Graduate Student Union's childcare subsidy, please visit our family resources page.