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A protest held by the Graduate Employees and Students Organization protest at Yale in 2005, calling for the return of collective bargaining rights that were taken away from graduate student employees the year before.

As private grad students look to unionize, public union offers roadmap

Stateside Staff

The National Labor Relations Board has done a complete about-face. The Board recently voted three to one that graduate students who work as teaching or…

Politics & Government

Bill aimed at keeping Michigan grad students from unionizing passes House

Steve Carmody

The Republican-led Michigan House has approved a bill aimed at blocking unionization efforts by graduate student research assistants at public…

Politics & Government

Michigan Senate passes bill blocking union vote by university graduate assistants

Mark Brush

Yesterday, Michigan Radio's Steve Carmody reported on state legislation that would block graduate student research assistants at public universities from…

University of Michigan near Rackham and Michigan League

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State Senate committee deals blow to U of M grad students' hopes to unionize

Steve Carmody

A group of University of Michigan graduate research assistants suffered a significant defeat today in a state senate committee. The senate Government…