U of R grad student workers continue strike on campus

U Rochester Ph.D. Students Strike for a Non-NLRB Election

The institution backed out of plans to host a vote and suggested graduate workers pursue the federally controlled process instead. That’s risky in the Trump era. University of Rochester Ph.D. student workers began striking this week to pressure the institution to agree to what they call a “fair union election.” And for the process to be fair, they say, it can’t be handled by the Trump-era National Labor Relations Board. “We don’t see any kind of…

U of R grad student workers continue strike on campus

The workers allege the school broke a signed commitment allowing them a fair unionization process.