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Tag: Unions
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University of Hawaii Graduate Assistants Sue for Right to Unionize
University of Hawaii grad assistants are suing to be considered public employees with the right to unionize and bargain, Star Advertiser reported. Academic Labor United and three grad assistants filed suit Saturday in Circuit Court in Honolulu against the Board of Regents, the Hawaii Labor Relations Board and the state of Hawaii. Although the state […]
May 5, 2021
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CSU to Offer Online Bachelor’s Degrees to AFL-CIO Members
Central State University (CSU) will now offer online bachelor’s degrees to members of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO’s) affiliated unions. This is an expansion on a previous program which allowed union members and their families to pursue free online associate degrees through a partnership with Eastern Gateway Community College. […]
November 14, 2019
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University of North Iowa Faculty Votes to Re-certify Union Faculty Chapter
The United Faculty of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) has recently completed its first union recertification election with 85 percent faculty support after a 2017 bill significantly changed Iowa’s collective bargaining law for state employees. The 2017 bill passed by the Iowa House and Senate limited the required and permissive matters of bargaining as […]
October 31, 2018
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California Teachers Union Has Pay Breakthrough with Foothill-De Anza
In the wake of conflicts over employee salaries which occurred last semester, Foothill-De Anza Community College officials announced a temporary agreement with its largest union over pay raises for the 2018-2019 school year. Members of the union still need to ratify the settlement and the Foothill-De Anza board of trustees still need approve it, however it’s […]
July 23, 2018
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University of Illinois Graduate Assistants Approve Contract
URBANA, Ill. — University of Illinois graduate assistants have voted to approve a contract agreement with the school, following a strike that forced cancellation of several hundred classes. Graduate Employees Organization co-president Gus Wood tells The (Champaign) News-Gazette that the contract was ratified Friday, ending a strike that started Feb. 26 after nearly a year […]
March 14, 2018
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Graduate Students’ Path to Unionization Remains Rocky
While some expected a sudden and systemic shift toward unionization at the nation’s other prominent institutions following success at Columbia University, the transformation has been slow to materialize.
October 23, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Professors Walk Picket Lines at U of Illinois-Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Dozens of University of Illinois-Springfield protesters walked a picket line a day after their union announced a strike. The University of Illinois Springfield United Faculty union represents nearly 170 tenured and tenure-track faculty members. They started their strike at 9 a.m. Tuesday, carrying signs that read “I’d rather be teaching,” “Fair evaluation! […]
May 2, 2017
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Yale Grad Students Pledge Hunger Strike to Press Union Bid
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — As a union push stalls at Yale University, organizers are stepping up pressure to bring the administration to the negotiating table, including a vow by some graduate students to go on a hunger strike until talks begin. Graduate assistants in eight departments at the Ivy League school voted in February to […]
April 26, 2017
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Northeastern Illinois University to Cancel Class for 3 Days
CHICAGO — Northeastern Illinois University is planning to cancel three days of classes in order to cut costs as public universities in Illinois struggle to make ends meet during the state’s budget stalemate. The Chicago-based university will no longer hold classes April 11, 12 and May 1. Illinois has been without a budget for 21 […]
April 6, 2017
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Penn State Opposing Grad Students’ Effort to Form Union
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State University’s president says the school is opposing efforts by graduate students to form a union to protect their bargaining rights as teachers. The Coalition of Graduate Employees filed paperwork in February with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board. The university said then it recognized the graduate students’ rights to try […]
April 6, 2017
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Graduate Students Vote to Unionize at Yale University
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Graduate students from a half-dozen departments at Yale University have voted to form unions, setting up negotiations for contracts with the Ivy League school. The National Labor Relations Board administered elections Thursday for graduate students in nine departments. Students from the departments of English, geology and geophysics, history, history of art, […]
February 26, 2017
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Columbia University Objects to Vote for Graduates Students to Unionize
NEW YORK — Columbia University has formally objected to a recent vote by the Ivy League institution’s graduate teaching and research assistants to join the United Auto Workers union. The university filed a challenge with the National Labor Relations Board this past Friday regarding a Dec. 9 vote that authorized union representation for Columbia’s graduate […]
December 20, 2016
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