About Us

Beginning in 2013, graduate employees at UConn decided to unionize due to stagnant wages, increasing workloads, and increasing student fees.

Our Goal

We are a strong member-run, member-led union fighting for the rights of graduate employees and postdocs at the University of Connecticut! In addition to bargaining for better working conditions in a strong contract, we enforce the contract, educate our members about their rights and benefits, and advocate for our workers at the local, state, and federal level.​

Birth of the Union

Bylaws

Bylaws are the rules by which our union operates and can be modified or amended with the approval of the union membership. Submission of our bylaws to our parent union, the UAW, is required to ensure compliance with current bylaws and constitutional provision. 

Read our current bylaws here

Leadership & Staff

Our Executive Board
To learn more about our board and their positions click here​.

Grace Easterly
President

Alex Kueny
​Vice President

Marcus Harris
​Financial Secretary

Marie Nour Nakhle​​Recording Secretary

Marcus Harris
​​​Chair of Trustees

Zubair Qadiri
​Trustee

Jimmy Palmer
​Trustee

Brenden Ferland​
​Guide

Anika Agrawal
​Sergeant-at-Arms

Erin Egersheim
​GA Unit Representative

Roc Rochon​Postdoc Unit Representative

Our Staff
To learn more about our staff and their positions click here.

Grace Easterly
President

Alex Kueny
​Vice President

Marcus Harris
​​​Financial Secretary

Urvi Kaul
​​Organizing Coordinator

Sage Montana
​​Communications Coordinator
Grievance Coordinator

Darlis Juvino
​​Operations Coordinator

Stewards

Our Stewards
To learn more about our stewards and district layout click here​​.

Postdocs
Steven Presley - Ecology

District 1A

Currently there are no stewards for District 1A. If you need to talk to a Union representative, contact
[email protected] or a member of the GEU executive board.
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District 3

Essam Boraey - Management
Benjamin Stumpf - Political Sciences
​Justin Theodra - Political Sciences





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District 1B

Halle Berger - Marine Sciences | Avery Point



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District 4

Mckenzie Bergan - English
​Lincoln Hirn - History
Jimmy Palmer - Agricultural & Resource Economics 
Jason Tosta - Philosophy
Anika Agrawal - Natural Resources & Environment
Abigail Beckham - Anthropology
​Urvi Kaul - Anthropology

District 2

Mohammad Alboom - Pathobiology
JJ Intano - Chemistry
Krystal Myers - Nursing Instruct and Research
Brenden Ferland - Materials Science Institute

District 5

Matthew Bizer - Civil and Environ. Engineering
​Zubair Quadiri - Civil and Environ. Engineering
​Scott Blazer - Chem & Biomolecular Engineering
​​Salem Smith - Civil and Environ. Engineering
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