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SEIU Local 500 – Graduate Students Employed by American University (GSEAU)

Representing Doctoral and Masters students employed at AU’s campus who are employed by AU and supervised by faculty.

Recognition Clause 

Whenever used in this Agreement, “GSEAU” will mean all Doctoral and Masters students in American University departments employed at the University’s campus in Washington, D.C., who are working toward degrees offered by American University, and who are employed by American University and supervised by faculty to provide instructional or research services in undergraduate or graduate-level courses or labs, including, but not limited to Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants, Graduate Assistants, Laboratory Assistants, Teaching Apprentices, Dean’s Fellows, Instructors, Graders, Preceptors, Section Leaders, and Tutors; but excluding: any full-time or regular part-time American University employees and faculty, students who are working in grant funded positions where the University does not control their wages, adjunct faculty who are included in the bargaining unit certified in NLRB Case Number 05-RC-070027, managers, guards and supervisors as defined by the National Labor Relations Act.

Duration of Current Collective Bargaining Agreement 

September 16, 2022, through September 15, 2025

Collective Bargaining Agreement(s) 

Contact Information (Union) 

SEIU Local 500
901 Russell Avenue
Suite 300 
Gaitherburg, MD  20879 
Phone:  301-740-7100 

American University: Graduate Students — SEIU LOCAL 500 (seiu500.org)