December 3, 1999

T.A.'s at Oregon State U. Vote to Unionize

By COURTNEY LEATHERMAN

Graduate teaching assistants at Oregon State University have voted to unionize, making the campus the 27th in the country with collective-bargaining rights for graduate students.

Of the 482 graduate students who mailed in ballots, 316 supported unionization. About 64 per cent of the 754 eligible voters cast ballots during a 14-day election. The tally was announced in November.

Winning the vote was the Coalition of Graduate Employees, an affiliate of the

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