The Chronicle: Unions for Graduate Students Are Allowed in Cases Involving Foundations Attached to Public Universities
Graduate students who work at private, nonprofit research foundations attached to public universities have the right to unionize, according to a recent pair of decisions by the National Labor Relations Board.
The decisions 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 rulings’ authors took pains to distinguish the research assistants in these cases from graduate teaching assistants at private universities.
The cases involve private research foundations at the State University of New York and the City University of New York.
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