July 27, 2007
Graduate Students at Public-College Foundations Win Right to Unionize
Graduate students who work at private, nonprofit research foundations attached to public universities have the right to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board ruled in a pair of recent decisions.
The rulings represent a rare expansion of bargaining rights for graduate students under the current labor board, appointed by President Bush. But the expansion is limited: The board took pains to distinguish the research assistants in these cases from graduate teaching assistants at
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