An exchange of letters about union intimidation claims at the U
Just an update in the efforts by a group of University of Minnesota graduate students to form a union. Last month, I tweeted from a grad-student forum that some students were saying they’d received an...
View ArticleUMN grad students contacting state, Kaler about unionization vote
MPR Photo / Alex FriedrichCranking up a vote? The group of graduate students trying to organize at the University of Minnesota has been working today to bring about a student vote on whether to...
View ArticleWhat Sen. Bakk wrote Kaler about the U’s union literature
Read the third paragraph. Sen. Thomas Bakk (DFL-Cook) appears to take exception with the way the University of Minnesota is presenting the grad-student union drive.
View ArticleUnionization vote for UMN grad assistants week of March 19
The state Bureau of Mediation Services has set week of March 19 for the election in which University of Minnesota graduate assistants decide whether they want to unionize. Full info should be above.
View ArticleWhat graduate assistants are facing this week
MPR Photo / Alex FriedrichTalking union last December “Things are extremely polarized in terms of union organizing. Any attempt is going to be very contentious.” – Hamline University employment-law...
View ArticleUniversity of Minnesota graduate assistants finishing unionization vote
lapillus via FlickrWill they organize? University of Minnesota graduate assistants are wrapping up week-long voting on whether to unionize. The students will finish casting their votes today Friday...
View ArticleUMN graduate assistants: No union for us, thanks
Just in from the Minnesota Daily: Graduate assistants at the University of Minnesota voted against forming a union 1,857 to 1,142, according to results released by the Bureau of Mediation Services...
View ArticleHow the state will handle the UMN unionization complaint
The state Bureau of Mediation Services has announced (above) how it will handle some graduate-assistants’ complaint of unfair election practices against the University of Minnesota. The U’s summary:...
View ArticleState dismisses graduate-assistant claim against UMN
From the University of Minnesota’s Web site. The Bureau of Mediation Services has confirmed this, but I haven’t received a written ruling yet. I also have a call out to a graduate-assistant rep....
View ArticleGraduate school enrollment on the decline at the University of Minnesota
They’ve applied — but can they afford to follow through? (MPR Photo / Alex Friedrich) Listen Alex Friedrich reports on declining graduate school enrollment at the University of Minnesota Nov. 12, 2013...
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