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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

An Invitation for Graduate Teaching Assistants to Unionize

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/04/13/nlrb
On Monday, the chair of the National Labor Relations Board gave a strong indication that, now that the board has new members appointed by President Obama, unions could expect it to back collective bargaining rights for graduate teaching assistants at private universities. Her remarks came as graduate students at the University of Chicago - in what could be a test case - are considering affiliation with national unions for an organizing drive.

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