The Graduate Student Employees Union (GSEU) represents all Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants at SUNY University at Buffalo, working to ensure that graduate workers are treated fairly in the workplace. If you experience any work-related issues—such as overwork, late paycheck, discipline, termination, discrimination, harassment, safety concerns—please don’t hesitate to reach out to us [email protected] at any time.

​Weingarten Rights

Weingarten Rights guarantee union members the right to Union representation during an investigatory interview. 

These rights were established by the Supreme Court but managers have no responsibility to let an employee know they have a right to union representation, so employees MUST INVOKE WEINGARTEN RIGHTS TO USE THEM. 

If called into a meeting with a supervisor, ask if this meeting could lead to disciplinary action. If your supervisor says “yes” or gives you ANY REASON to suspect that the meeting could be used against you later, invoke your Weingarten rights by saying:

"If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or discharged, I request that my Union representative be present at the meeting. Without representation, I choose not to answer any questions."