Florida State graduate assistants OK union

by E Wayne Ross on May 4, 2009

Tallahassee Democrat: FSU graduate assistants OK union

588 out of 3,000 cast ballots; 448 vote for representation

Graduate assistants at Florida State University have voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining United Faculty of Florida, the statewide union representing higher education faculty and staff.

Only 588 of the approximately 3,000 eligible graduate students employed by FSU cast ballots during the two-day election, with 448 (76.2 percent) voting to have UFF represent them in collective bargaining. The election ended Friday afternoon.