UMaine Graduate Workers Ratify First Union Contract

UMaine graduate workers vote to ratify first union contract • Maine Morning Star

Graduate workers gathered in Orono on August 13, 2025 to ask the University of Maine administration to agree to a fair union contract. (Photo courtesy of Maine AFL-CIO) After more than two years of negotiations, graduate student workers reached an agreement with the University of Maine to secure their first union contract.  The three-year contract was ratified by an overwhelming vote of 483-3, according to a news release from the university syst…

UMaine graduate workers ratify first union contract

Graduate students at the University of Maine have been seeking a union contract since March 2023.

UMaine System graduate student workers ratify first contract

On Wednesday, union members voted 438–3 to ratify the three-year contract.

University of Maine System, graduate student workers' union achieve first collective bargaining agreement

The three-year agreement overwhelmingly ratified today positions Maine’s public universities as a national destination for graduate student education, research and employment ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine System (UMS) has achieved its first collective bargaining agreement with part-time graduate student workers, acknowledging their essential role in education and research…