Universities Deny Graduate Students' Unionization Efforts

Private colleges and universities across the nation are beginning to push back in droves against graduate students’ hopes for collective bargaining.  Columbia University (NY) sent a letter last Tuesday saying it would appeal to a federal court rather than engage in bargaining, following the trend that Yale (CT), Boston College (MA), and others began. Georgetown University (DC) formally declined to even acknowledge the creation of a graduate student union in early December.