Student Researchers United and the University of California are in a standoff after the university denied recognition to the union by failing to recognize all the students who submitted authorization cards. The university claims that students who are funded through grants and fellowships do not have an employment relationship with the university and do not perform “substantially similar” work as graduate students paid through payroll...
Full story at https://synapse.ucsf.edu/articles/2021/11/09/student-researchers-hold-strike-vote.
NOTE: If there were a strike, and if PERB were to rule in favor of the university, any protections afforded by labor law to the strikers would evaporate. Thus, striking for these students is more risky than it is for students who are already recognized by PERB as also being university employees. Protections offered by state labor law are available only to individuals who are employees.
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