We’re so excited we have reached a tentative agreement! See the highlights here.

Once it’s been ratified, this contract will help govern the lives and livelihoods of graduate workers at Georgetown. We are hosting Member Meetings on Tuesday, May 5, at 10 AM and 3 PM and Wednesday, May 6, at 12 PM and 5.30 PM.

After nearly five years of 1-on-1 conversations, of flyering, of pledges and petitions, of emails to alumni and donors, of digital and physical protests, we can’t conceal our pride and delight at having arrived at this moment. It’s been a long time in coming. However, this moment represents the beginning of the next chapter in our story as a union and a community. We’ve won our contract. Now we have to prepare to enforce it.

That’s why it is so important for members to show up to Member Meetings and to vote to ratify our tentative agreement. Just like our union election in November 2018 where 83.7 percent of graduate workers voted #UnionYes and #GAGEYes, this week is an opportunity for us to show our unity and strength.

Polling in the ratification election will be open from 9 AM on Wednesday, May 6, to 9 pm on Thursday, May 7. To vote in the ratification election, you need to be (1) a member of GAGE (2) who is currently enrolled at Georgetown and (3) who either has worked or will work as a teaching assistant, a research assistant, or an instructor of record.

Links to voting will be sent to your non-GU email. Update your email with GAGE here.

This is an exciting moment for all graduate workers at Georgetown. See you at the ballot box!