Graduate Employee Organization (GEO)

The Graduate Employee Organization (GEO) is a unit of United Auto Workers Local 2322 (UAW 2322), representing Research Assistants, Teaching Assistants, Teaching Associates, Project Assistants, Interns, Trainees, Assistant Residence Directors, and Working Fellows at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. GEO was formally recognized as a union on our campus in 1990 and is one of the oldest graduate worker unions in the country.

Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) detail working conditions and rights of UMass Amherst staff, such as compensation hours, benefits, and more. View the GEO Collective Bargaining Agreement here.

If you have any questions, please reach out through AskHR, and a member of our Labor Relations team will respond to your inquiry promptly.