by Student Researchers | Aug 16, 2021 | News
Across the country, collective action is working to expand rights for these exploited workers. BY ANNIE LEVIN AUGUST 16, 2021 Harvard University students on the picket line on Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 3, 2019. This spring, unionized...
by Student Researchers | Aug 4, 2021 | Updates
August 4, 2021 Today, California’s Public Employment Relations Board verified that a majority of Graduate Student Researchers, Trainees, and Fellows, in the UC system have signed authorization cards in support of forming a union. This is a major achievement! Student...
by Student Researchers | Jul 29, 2021 | News
07.29.2021 AN INTERVIEW WITH TANZIL CHOWDHURY SIERRA DODD KDAN LEE University of California student researchers have announced they have union authorization cards from a super-majority of 17,000 researchers throughout the UC system — one of the largest union drives...
by Student Researchers | Jul 20, 2021 | Updates
Last Wednesday, UC submitted a list of trainees and fellows to the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to be included in the count for a Student Researcher union. This is in addition to the lists they had already submitted of GSRs, GSRAs and GSARs, and means that...
by Student Researchers | Jul 8, 2021 | Updates
Harassment and discrimination are pervasive in higher education and at UC, where 59% of Student Researchers surveyed have witnessed harassment or discrimination. While UC verbally commits to equitable labs and workplaces, they offer very little remedy when faced with...
