[PhDs] Unions

[Camille Noufi]

Hi Jack,

Thanks for bringing this up.  My only knowledge of grad student unions comes from my sister (a grad student TA/RA) at UW in Seattle, who was actually quite surprised to hear we didn’t have one.  She says she feels a huge sense of security and support from the union, especially in this time.  I, however, know basically nothing else but would love to be kept in the loop if anyone else hears of mutterings as well.

Camille

> On Mar 26, 2020, at 11:31 PM, Jack Atherton <lja at ccrma.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for chiming in! I remembered that you were on the list when I sent out this message. It's good for everyone else to be reminded as well. :)
> 
> ~Jack
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> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 10:13 PM Nette Worthey <networth at ccrma.stanford.edu <mailto:networth at ccrma.stanford.edu>> wrote:
> Just in the interest of transparency, I am on the list and have good administrative reasons to continue to be, however we did make this for you all, and if you feel strongly that you would like it only to be CCRMA PhDs I will unsubscribe (but I still need to be an admin). Let me know. 
> 
> Nette
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> > On Mar 26, 2020, at 9:39 PM, Jack Atherton <lja at ccrma.stanford.edu <mailto:lja at ccrma.stanford.edu>> wrote:
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> > 
> > 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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