News:
February 20: Baltimore Sun: Bill would widen right to organize
February 20: Baltimore Examiner: Graduate students ask lawmakers for right to unionize
February 12: Baltimore Examiner: Grad students fight for right to form a union
February 12: Diamondback: Grad students lobbying hard for union bill
February 3: Washington Post: Grad Students May Get to Unionize.
October, 2007: UMD's Sociology newsletter includes contribution from Laura Moore, "A Case for Grad Student Unionization."
Check out worldwide university rankings by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. UMCP ranks 37th, and all public universities with higher rankings have unionized grad students.
Check out details on Rutgers' new contract, which includes a 32% pay increase over 4 years (8% a year) while protecting their 15-hour work week.
October, 2007: University of California graduate employee union ratifies contract, including a 5% yearly pay raise, new provisions for personal, sick, family and bereavement leave, childcare subsidies, and workload enforcement. More detail here.
Sept. 10, 2007 Diamondback column: Meet MTR.
Sept. 4, 2007: Diamondback coverage: Grad students renew union efforts...