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NPR: Penn Grad Students Strike for Union Rights | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 hidden)
[new] Attempts to unionize at Kentucky (none / 0) (#2)
by jkuchen on Thu Mar 04, 2004 at 02:57:28 PM PDT

While I was at the University of Kentucky, there were attempts to unionize, sometime around 1996-97 I think. As math grad students, we weren't as bad off as some of the English students--not all of them were on full support, and a half-position meant no tuition waiver, so the pay didn't even cover out-of-state tuition! There were a couple of demonstrations, but the movement died out. The other arts & science disciplines were better represented in the movement, and the engineers were nowhere to be found. I think that unfortunately many students started to think of "what's in it for me," and the disciplines with students that saw that their pay would decrease didn't participate.

Personally, I feel that TAs should be considered as employees. We were contractually obligated to teach the courses to receive our stipends--that sounds like a working relationship to me!



NPR: Penn Grad Students Strike for Union Rights | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 hidden)
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