Fair, livable pay
Stipends and wages that keep pace with the cost of living in the area, with raises we can plan around.
Association of Stevens Teaching and Research Assistants
Stevens works because we do.
As graduate student workers at Stevens, we are coming together to bargain collectively with Stevens Institute of Technology and build our voice as teaching and research assistants whose work sustains this institution. If our benefits and working conditions are secured in a collective bargaining agreement, Stevens cannot change the terms of our employment without our consent.
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About us
Who we are
As graduate student workers at Stevens, we are coming together to bargain collectively with Stevens Institute of Technology and build our voice as teaching and research assistants whose work sustains this institution. If our benefits and working conditions are secured in a collective bargaining agreement, Stevens cannot change the terms of our employment without our consent.
In forming a union, we are joining tens of thousands of academic workers across the country who are seeking to secure a better future through collective bargaining. We are part of a growing movement across universities like Penn, Columbia, Harvard, Drexel, and NYU, where unionized student workers have negotiated meaningful improvements to salary, benefits, and working conditions.
Collective bargaining means more rights and more power to shape our lives at Stevens. Together we have more power to negotiate than we do as individuals. No one will be expected to pay any dues or fees until we have democratically approved a contract with Stevens.
- What a union is All of us, organized, bargaining one contract together, instead of negotiating alone.
- Who it's for Grad workers, including TAs, RAs, and those on fellowships across every department and every school at Stevens.
- How it happens Most of us sign cards → we ask for recognition → we negotiate a contract together.
- Who runs it We do. Workers make every decision democratically, from the bottom up.
Why we're organizing
What we're working toward
These are the things that matter most to us, and a contract lets us put them in writing, together.
Real healthcare & benefits
Affordable, comprehensive health, dental, and mental-health coverage, plus fee relief and family support.
Job security
Clear appointments, transparent workloads, and fair notice when things change.
Support for international colleagues
Extra support for colleagues whose visas depend on their jobs, so status never has to be a worry at work.
Stable research funding
Predictable, guaranteed funding so a gap between grants doesn't derail a degree or a career.
Respect & a fair process
A clear, fair way to raise concerns, and real protections against harassment and discrimination.
The difference
Without a union, and with one
Without a union
- Stevens unilaterally determines our working conditions and can change them at any time, without our consent.
With a union
- We elect a bargaining committee that gathers input from student workers across campus.
- Our bargaining committee negotiates on equal footing toward a fair agreement with Stevens.
- We decide democratically, through a vote, whether to approve any agreement as our contract.
- That contract secures our terms and conditions of employment and is binding and enforceable, usually through appeal to a neutral arbitrator.
Join the movement!
Sign your union authorization card now