The Cornell Graduate Student Union stated that they intend to initiate the process of filing for a union. The CGSU will present a petition with over 1,200 signatures to the administration on Wednesday, and the vote will be scheduled for within 15 business days of filing the petition. The vote will likely be held before Spring Break. CGSU members Danny Rosenberg Daneri and Jaron Kent-Dobias wrote online that they hope to vote for unionization to obtain a "fair and democratic" means for their voices to be heard.
See "Cornell Graduate Students United Announce Intention to File for Union Recognition Election", Anna Delwiche, The Cornell Daily Sun, March 7, 2017