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    News Article ● Labor Unionization Unions

    MIT Grad Fellows Prohibited From Unionizing, NLRB Official Says

    March 15, 2023 // About 1,500 graduate students are prohibited from unionizing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology because they’re not university employees, a National Labor Relations Board official ruled. NLRB Regional Director Laura Sacks said in a decision issued late Monday that grad students at the university who aren’t currently teaching or research assistants can’t be represented by the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America union.

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    News Article ● Unionization Unions

    Spurred on by SWC-UAW contract, student workers nationwide pursue greater workplace protections

    February 26, 2022 // The union's victories have spurred student-worker unions across the nation to fight for similar goals

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