Unionization Info

Use the links below to find out more information about the Pitt graduate student unionization efforts and up to date information on the latest news.

Unionization Information:

GPSG Statement 

 

Pitt Grad Union website

http://www.pittgradunion.org/about-the-union-faqs.html

The push for graduate student unions signals a deep structural shift in academia (doi:10.1126/science.caredit.aau3970)

https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2018/06/push-graduate-student-unions-signals-deep-structural-shift-academia

Wikipedia article

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate_student_employee_unionization

News coverage of Pitt grad unionization effort 

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/10/03/University-of-Pittsburgh-Pitt-Grad-Union-Steelworkers-labor-Penn-State/stories/201810030154

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/debate-over-unionized-graduate-students-comes-to-pitt/Content?oid=13491826

https://www.thenation.com/article/university-pittsburgh-graduate-students-organizing-survive/

 

Recent:

Graduate teaching and research assistants at Brown vote to unionize

https://news.brown.edu/articles/2018/11/unionization

 Graduate Students Vote to Unionize (Harvard) 

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2018/04/union-election

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/12/29/top-10-2018-grad-union/

A TA Union Contract, 2 Years Later (Brandeis)

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/09/05/brandeis-grad-students-win-significant-gains-union-contract-even-trump

 

Opinions: 

Protecting the rights of graduate students

https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2017/11/graduate-student-unions

Should Graduate Students Unionize?

https://psmag.com/education/should-graduate-students-unionize

 Momentum to organize among graduate student workers is growing despite opposition

https://www.epi.org/publication/graduate-student-employee-unions/

 Students or Employees?

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/07/24/organized-labor-and-higher-education-line-opposite-sides-grad-union-issue

 The false hope of graduate student unions

https://www.forbes.com/sites/omribenshahar/2017/05/28/the-false-hope-of-graduate-student-unions/#22a69cfa4038

Graduate Students, the Laborers of Academia

https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/graduate-students-the-laborers-of-academia

NLRB Rules Graduate Students Are Employees With The Right To Unionize

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/23/491090762/nlrb-rules-graduate-students-are-employees-with-the-right-to-unionize

POV: Unionizing BU Grad Students Would Be a Mistake

http://www.bu.edu/today/2017/unionizing-bu-grad-students/

Town Hall on Graduate Students’ Right to Unionize (Rochester)

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/education/graduate/current-students/graduate-student-society/town-hall-graduate-students-union.aspx

 

Strike and protest pieces:

CU Bolder graduate student workers protest fees 

http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_32431841/hundreds-cu-boulder-graduate-student-workers-protest-fees

Strike: Columbia University 

https://columbiagradunion.org/sav/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/04/24/columbia-graduate-students-strike-over-universitys-refusal-to-negotiate-a-contract/?utm_term=.bcf0deefec25

Strike: UCI

https://chicagocrusader.com/uic-graduate-workers-begin-indefinite-strike-for-a-fair-contract/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-university-of-illinois-chicago-graduate-assistants-strike-20190319-story.html

https://news.wsiu.org/post/graduate-student-employees-uic-go-strike#stream/0

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2019-03-19/graduate-teaching-assistants-strike-at-u-of-illinois-chicago

UW Avoids finals week strike

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/06/04/27073232/uw-student-employees-reach-contract-deal-avoiding-finals-week-strike

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/uw-grad-students-hold-one-day-strike/

https://www.seattleglobalist.com/2018/05/11/uw-graduate-students-call-for-strike-over-pay-childcare-trans-inclusive-healthcare/74074