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Tag Archives: University of Michigan
Wszolek: The Battle of Student Forced Unionization
Labor bosses swore their efforts were to ensure students had their rights defended – yet the GSRAs did not call for this action. To the contrary, many openly opposed it. They recognized this was about subjecting more individuals to forced payment of union dues. In Michigan, union employees are forced to pay dues whether they support the union or not. If they refuse, they can no longer work, for example, as a graduate student research assistant at U-M. Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, NLRB, Politics
Tagged Big Labor, Fred Wszolek, GEO, Gov. Rick Snyder, Graduate Employee Organizations, graduate student research assistants, Jase Bolger, Michigan House, Michigan Legislature, Michigan Senate, Michigan Students, Michigan university employees, Mike Palazzolo, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow, Randy Richardville, University of Michigan
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Michigan Graduate Student Research Assistants Are Students, Not Employees
In the end, graduate student research assistants – just as their title clearly states – are students, not workers, with a primarily educational, not economic, relationship with their employer. And while this seems obvious to nearly anyone assessing the current situation at the University of Michigan, it is stunning that some at the institution and in the legislature would so strenuously argue against it. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Big Labor, Detroit, grad students, graduate student research assistants, Great Lakes State, GSRA, Michigan, NLRB, UM Board of Regents, University of Michigan
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Big Labor Bullies’ Newest Victims: Graduate Students
With all the concerns over bullying in our neighborhood schools, why would we tolerate it on our college campuses? But, that’s what’s happening at the University of Michigan. And amongst some of our nation’s best and brightest graduate students, of all people. Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bosses, NLRB, Politics, Unions
Tagged college, Graduate Employees Organization, graduate students, GSRA, Mike Palazzolo, Ph.D, students, University of Michigan
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