This research explores the work associated with collective action framing in the increasingly prevalent graduate labor movement. Specifically I examine the discursive aspects of mobilization efforts within the structures of academia and organized labor. This is achieved through the utilization of ethnographic, participant observations within a local union chapter. I also rely heavily on interview data. I conduct both group and individual, in-depth interviews with labor activists associated with Graduate Assistants United at the University of Florida. In terms of my organizational focus, I am interested in the actualities and organization of work graduate union organizers perform. In terms social movements, I am investigating the use of narrative in organizing and framing efforts. This research offers insight into the dynamic relationship between framing processes and the intended audience and documents the tools used by social movement organization activists. Furthermore, I am utilizing this case as a window into the changing dynamics of academia and organized labor in the twenty-first century.