In November, 2023, eligible graduate student workers voted to approve the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (CGSU-UE) as their exclusive representative for the purposes of collective bargaining.

On April 11, 2025, Cornell and CGSU-UE signed a collective bargaining agreement covering graduate student workers in the positions of teaching assistants (TAs), graduate research assistants (GRAs), research assistants (RAs), and graduate assistants (GAs).