Talk:Graduate student employee unionization

message: I revised the body of this entry with the aim of more balance, and draw out the distinction between public and private systems in the US.  The opening paragraph, and the timeline, remain unbalanced.  It is difficult to quantify the position of faculty on this issue, although it is probably fair to say that most administrators oppose unionization.  There are antiunion faculty.  On the other hand, major professional organizations like the Modern Languages Association and the American Historical Association, and the American Association of University Professors have all come out in support of (not unionization per se) but the right of graduate employees to have unions if they want them.
Anecdotally, it seems that student opposition has been less heated at public universities. 
Toby Higbie 16:43, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I revised the opening paragraph.  The timeline and external links still emphasize the private sector, Ivy League campaigns, and this should be changed.  Toby Higbie 12:50, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments on recent edits

message: This page also needs to expand upon the court cases pertaining to graduate-student unions. Hopefully this will either improve or replace the "Collective Bargaining Rights Section".
Genericface (talk) 09:43, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
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message: I've removed the reference that GTFF (misspelled GTEE in my note) was the first union. Author remarked GTEE was recognized in June 1969, which is after Wisconsin was recognized in May 1969 (http://www.taa-madison.org/history.html). Moreover, Oregon's own website begins the history in 1975 (http://gtff.net/history.php).
--Genericface (talk) 05:00, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That removal was in ERROR.  You have confused the GSEA at the University of Oregon with the GTFF, a later organization, at the University of Oregon.  The GTFF at the University of Oregon came into existence six years after the founding of the GSEA.  The GSEA at the University of Oregon was the first in the U.S. to have a contract as a freestanding organization with a university.  The GTFF at Oregon was organized after the GSEA had gone out of existence.  Since I signed the contract with the U of Oregon for the GSEA I darned well know when what happened and when.  We were in contact with the group at Wisconsin and I am unaware that they were recognized as a bargaining agent by the University of Wisconsin at that time.  Why don't you get in touch with me.  My email address is bgc@teleport.com.Bgcbgc (talk) 11:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Union at University of Oregon

message: The information about the course of grad unionization in Illinois is in error; unionization was not achieved through a court ruling.  What happened was that GEO at UIUC received a favorable ruling from the state court of appeals, but later lost in the state supreme court.  Subsequently, grads at UIUC occupied the Swanlund administration building, forcing the university administration to grant voluntary recognition.  The state legislature then put everything on a sound footing for the rest of the state universities by passing a law allowing grad unions to be recognized through a card-check process.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.50.254.22 (talk) 01:26, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: This is correct according to a lengthy history of the UIUC campaign on the union's website: http://www.uigeo.org/history/ Toby Higbie (talk) 00:39, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Errors regarding Illinois

message: Not all grad-student unions in the US are members of the CGEU.  There are 3 others I know of (all AFT): The New Jersey Institute of Technology, Portland State University, and CUNY.  If someone wants to find a reference for this, we can say >= 36 unions in the US.  There may be more that I don't know of.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.148.60.222 (talk) 15:42, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Should we try to collect a complete list of all of the graduate student-worker unions in a table? Could be a useful resource for folks.--Rupumped (talk) 19:19, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, let’s do this!! I’m happy to help compile the info. It looks like there are several lists on the web, but all are outdated. I’d love to have a table of each union including their name, chapter number, unit number if applicable, state or national certification number with a link to the certificate record if possible, link to their website, link to their latest contract, and link to their Constitution / Bylaws.  :) AJVincelli (talk) 16:26, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I started a new Topic for a table of grad worker unions, see below. AJVincelli (talk) 03:58, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
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