Thanks for a great fall semester. Thanks to our efforts and yours, our membership increased from 399 on August 1, 2022 to 550 on December 5, 2022. That's a 38% increase! That's both because of our supplemental organizers going door-to-door in departments and because of you, telling your friends and colleagues about our events and showing up to them. 

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This semester, we'd like to continue this trend by increasing our membership to 800. Why? Well, this year, the Florida legislature is considering a bill that would require 60% of the bargaining unit to be union members for all public employee unions or they would risk decertification. If we were decertified, you would be left without a minimum stipend, without representation if you have a grievance, and even without a collective bargaining agreement. According to FSU's Office of Institutional Research 2021 Fact Sheet, there are 3,224 graduate assistants at FSU. Increasing our membership to 50% of that number in order to pre-empt these bills is of paramount importance. 

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If you're not a member, join now!

Remember, we're stronger together!

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Lee Robertson, FSU-GAU Organizing Chair