Grad student unions dealt blow as proposed new rule says students aren’t ‘employees’
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/grad-student-unions-dealt-blow-proposed-new-rule-says-students-aren-t-employees
Graduate students at Columbia University went on strike in 2018 after the university refused to recognize their union.
Graduate students are not “employees” with a right to unionize, according to a rule proposed today by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an agency that’s tasked with enforcing U.S. labor laws. If implemented, the rule would undercut a recent wave of grad student unionization efforts at private U.S. universities. The NLRB will be accepting public comment on the announcement for 60 days.
Grad student unions dealt blow as proposed new rule says students aren’t ‘employees’
Sep 20, 2019, 9:24pm UTC
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/grad-student-unions-dealt-blow-proposed-new-rule-says-students-aren-t-employees
> Graduate students at Columbia University went on strike in 2018 after the university refused to recognize their union.
> Graduate students are not “employees” with a right to unionize, according to a rule proposed today by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an agency that’s tasked with enforcing U.S. labor laws. If implemented, the rule would undercut a recent wave of grad student unionization efforts at private U.S. universities. The NLRB will be accepting public comment on the announcement for 60 days.