Washington Post: Grad Students May Get to Unionize
U-Md., Which Doesn’t See Them as Employees, Likely to Oppose Bill
A Montgomery County lawmaker will introduce legislation tomorrow to allow graduate students and adjunct professors at Maryland’s public universities to form unions, setting up a legislative battle over an issue that has hit a nerve at campuses across the nation.
Graduate students at the University of Maryland’s flagship campus in College Park, many of whom hold campus jobs teaching undergraduates or conducting research for faculty, have partnered with national labor unions and hired an Annapolis lobbyist in the campaign to unionize.
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