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Members of the Graduate Employees Organization picketing on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in 2008.

Education

U of M grad students challenge ban on forming unions

Jennifer Guerra

The issue of whether or not certain University of Michigan graduate students can unionize is back in the news.Two graduate students at the University of…

Members of the Graduate Employees Organization picketing on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in 2008. Many University administrators and deans maintain these research assistants are not "employees."

Politics & Government

Snyder signs bill that prohibits U of M graduate research assistant union

Jennifer Guerra

The issue of whether University of Michigan graduate student research assistants (GSRAs) can unionize has been put to rest. Governor Rick Snyder signed a…

Politics & Government

UM Regents hold emergency vote on grad student union hearings

Jennifer Guerra

The University of Michigan Regents voted today to oppose a Senate bill that would prohibit certain U of M graduate students from joining a union.The…

Politics & Government

Michigan Attorney General files request to stop hearing on U of M grad student unions

Jennifer Guerra

Michigan’s Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a request with the state Supreme Court to stop a hearing about whether certain graduate students at the…