Graduate workers at the University of Illinois spent two weeks on strike in late February and early March.
The worst-paid 15% of graduate workers earned less than the average for those who had only GCSEs.
It's how Oregon graduate workers, and now UUP [United University Professions] and UFT have negotiated landmark parental leave provisions.
For Harvard graduate workers, the next step is for the labor board to certify their newly minted union.
Attempts to limit the number of overseas students in further education and post-graduate workers merely offended valuable partners like India.
Kevin Carriere, a doctoral candidate in the psychology department, points to the same episode as an example of the "disconnect" between university officials and graduate workers.
Most graduate workers at the university receive a stipend of about $28,000 to live in one of the most expensive cities in the country, Huget said.
At Harvard, after a landmark pro-union vote this spring, graduate workers have just brought the university to the bargaining table – a watershed moment in higher education.
At Columbia University, graduate workers spent a week in April on strike, following a 93% strike vote (nearly matching the 99% of their counterparts at the New School).
"This blueprint is due to a relentless two-year organizing effort by the Georgetown graduate workers, who understood unions make possible what would be impossible for individuals acting alone," said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
