An attempt by the the United Auto Workers at the New School in New York City to organize is resurfacing the issue of whether graduate students at private nonprofit universities have a right to collective bargaining.
The National Labor Relations Board, which serves as a watchdog for workers' right to organize, among other things, will review the case coming out of the New School. According to Inside Higher Ed, the NLRB has not made any kind of decision — the board has only agreed to review the New School case — "the current majority of the board is generally viewed as sympathetic to unions."
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