The effort to allow GSRAs to hold an election is in the news: check out this new piece by Detroit Free Press reporter David Jesse, detailing the current status of our petition for an election.
As the article explains, the election hinges upon this upcoming Tuesday’s decision from the Michigan Employment Relations Commission on whether to revisit their 30 year-old ruling that GSRAs are not workers:
A commission decision will chart the course going forward, both at U-M and the state’s other research universities.
In Andrea Jokisaari’s mind, she’s both a U-M student and an employee of the university.
“These are not mutually exclusive categories,” she said. “As a student, I pursue research with the goal of earning my PhD. As an employee, I am producing research for the university, funded on a grant administered by the university.”
She takes that to mean that she should be able to be part of a union, if enough other GSRAs want to form one. “We’d just like the right to vote,” she said.
Read more @ freep.com!
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