NLRB Ruling May Demolish the Barriers to T.A. Unions at Private Universities

Decision in NYU case may help organizing efforts at Brandeis, Chicago, Columbia, and Yale

By COURTNEY LEATHERMAN

Until last week, a decade-long battle under way at Yale University looked to be the test case for whether teaching assistants at private institutions could bargain collectively.

But it was a group of graduate-student employees...