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Graduate teaching assistants weigh union ties to UAW

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 underway about whether graduate student teaching assistants at the University of California are covered by a full union arrangement. One participant explains they are not currently a UAW member simply because they are no longer a grad student TA, noting that unions are typically tied to a person's employer or workplace, which complicates membership for people without one.

Why now: Debate over union membership and workplace representation for graduate teaching assistants is circulating in labor discussions.

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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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