Here is a collection of articles from The Chronicle about recent unionization efforts by graduate students, rulings that have aided them, and how the picture may change under a new administration.
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News
Grad Students at Private Colleges Were Cleared to Unionize 3 Years Ago. Here’s What’s Changed.
The sky has not fallen since 2016, for either graduate students or their universities. And now collective bargaining is proceeding on a number of campuses, on issues that extend beyond pay. -
Graduate Students
The Clock May Be Ticking on Graduate Unions
Under President Trump, the National Labor Relations Board could soon take a dimmer view of Ph.D. students’ bids to unionize. Some say colleges are using litigation as a stall tactic. -
Labor
Graduate-Student Union Efforts Gain Momentum, Despite New Uncertainties
A landslide pro-union vote at Columbia is likely to motivate similar drives at other private colleges. But the legal support for collective bargaining will be less certain under a Trump administration. -
News
Yale Graduate Students’ ‘Microunit’ Unionization Strategy Could Have Nationwide Implications
Administrators at the university oppose a move to organize unions at the department level, and a regional labor-board director will decide whether the effort can proceed. -
News
NYU’s Grad-Student Union Succeeded. Cornell’s Flopped. Why?
Comparing a pair of grad-union votes from more than a decade ago can provide valuable context for the collective-bargaining fights expected this year. -
Graduate Students
A New Era for Grad-Student Organizing
Changing realities in higher education and the broad scope of a new decision by the National Labor Relations Board are feeding a growing appetite among graduate students to fight for better working conditions. -
Graduate Students
Ruling Pushes Door to Grad-Student Unions ‘Wide Open’
The National Labor Relations Board’s decision in a case involving Columbia University has made clear that graduate-employee unions are legal at private colleges. Experts predict a surge in organizing similar to what has taken place among adjuncts. -
Graduate Students
NYU’s Graduate Union: Success Story or Cautionary Tale?
The NLRB’s ruling on Tuesday, that graduate students are employees, prompts a look back at the labor-union battle that started it all. -
Academic Labor
How One College Became Ground Zero for Grad-Student Unionization
What began as a struggle for better working conditions at the New School now has implications for private universities nationwide. -
Academic Labor
What It Means When Harvard Tells Its Faculty How to Talk About Graduate-Student Unions
The elite university has issued 15 dos and don’ts to help professors discuss unionization efforts with students. -
Faculty
Graduate-Student Union Organizers Hail NYU Deal as a Breakthrough
The tentative contract could be a model for graduate students at other private colleges. But first they face the challenge of getting their unions recognized. -
News
Health Care Is a New Flash Point for Graduate Students
In response to the Affordable Care Act, some campuses have cut back on insurance coverage, leading graduate assistants to cry foul. -
Graduate Education
Wisconsin Grad Students Want Pay Parity Across Disciplines
The university wants to allow departments to set the upper limit on stipends. But critics say the move violates a long-held principle at Madison of “equal pay for equal work.” -
Academic Labor
Graduate Students Seek to Build on Momentum for Unions
Organizers have been encouraged by recent success at New York University, although challenges remain. -
News
United Auto (or Is That ‘Academic’?) Workers
Inside the strategy of the union that led the fight to organize teaching assistants.