Yale grad students file petition seeking union certification
Mon., Aug. 29, 2016
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Graduate students who assist in teaching and research at Yale University have filed petitions seeking union certification.
Monday’s filing with the National Labor Relations Board follows a ruling last week from the board that found graduate assistants at private universities are employees and have a right to union representation.
Students from 10 departments at Yale are asking the board to certify Local 33-UNITE HERE as their union. They are seeking NLRB elections department by department, beginning with those where union support appears strongest.
The students say they believe a union would help address concerns surrounding pay and benefits and give them a stronger voice in university affairs.
A Yale spokesman said the university did not immediately have any comment on the filing.
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