[PhDs] Unions

[Jack Atherton]

*the stage has been set for unions for ASEs in **private schools only very
recently

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 9:58 PM Jack Atherton <lja at ccrma.stanford.edu>
wrote:

> In general it's a collective bargaining organization that fights for the
> welfare and rights of the students, including things like wage increases.
> Here's the website for UC Berkeley's chapter of UAW: https://uaw2865.org/
>
> Looking at Wikipedia, it seems like the stage has been set for unions for
> Academic Student Employees only very recently, in the last few years. UAW
> is also behind NYU's new union.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate_student_employee_unionization
>
> Judging by the rhetoric "in the air" recently, one major area for
> collective bargaining might be limiting graduate housing to 30% of a
> graduate student's income, for example, or negotiating faster raises in the
> income to keep up with the rising housing costs. We could also fight for
> more oversight in making sure people aren't worked beyond their 20 hours
> maximum per week, for another example.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 9:49 PM Vidya Rangasayee (வித்யா ரங்கசாயீ) <
> vidya at ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>> That’s an interesting thought. Have never heard of it. What are the
>> benefits of doing so. I was with faculty union over at SJSU but never
>> really understood its workings
>>
>> Thanks
>> Vidya
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 9:39 PM Jack Atherton <lja at ccrma.stanford.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi PhDs,
>>>
>>> I would send this to the grads listserve but I don’t know for sure which
>>> faculty / staff have access to it. If someone knows better, feel free to
>>> loop it in.
>>>
>>> Has anyone heard mutterings of the grad student TA/RAs finally
>>> unionizing? This might be a good moment in time to put pressure on the
>>> university while they are in a hard place and when they might make some
>>> decisions which are upsetting to many of the grad students. I know that at
>>> UC Berkeley it is mandatory to be a member of the union, even if you are an
>>> undergraduate just doing grading for a class (I was in that situation
>>> once). Maybe their precedent or some other could be used as a model.
>>>
>>> Let me know if you have any thoughts,
>>> Jack
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