HR Update

Board of Regents Approve Graduate Assistant Contract

On January 21, 2025, the University of Minnesota Regents approved the collective bargaining agreement with the Graduate Labor Union-United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (GLU-UE). The contract is effective immediately. 

The three-year agreement is the result of more than a year of negotiations and covers 4,500 graduate assistants on the Duluth and Twin Cities campuses. This is the first contract for GLU-UE.

The agreement provides graduate assistants a new $27 per hour minimum wage, guaranteed annual wage increases, student fee support, paid personal days, expanded medical and dental coverage for dependents, and other workplace protections.

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