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Debate over whether grad student TA organizing counts as a union

Original: @ skyfaller @ aburka No, it is not a union-union, but I think that is for the same reason I'm not currently a UAW member

A discussion is circulating about graduate teaching assistants and union representation, specifically whether a labor group they are involved with counts as a union in the traditional sense. A former UC graduate TA notes that union membership is typically tied to one's employer or workplace, and explains leaving the UAW after no longer working as a TA. Participants are weighing how workplace-based unions fit academic labor.

Why now: Ongoing debate over grad student labor organizing and how union membership applies to academic workers

UAWUniversity of Californiagraduate teaching assistants

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• @ skyfaller @ aburka No, it is not a union-union, but I think that is for the same reason I'm not currently a UAW member - I'm no longer a grad student TA at UC. Unions are usually tied to one's employer/work location and in this case I'm suggesting people who do not have an… · ml@eldritch.cafe · 6

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