Kennedy introduces grad employee bargaining bill
From AFT News:
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) have introduced legislation to amend the National Labor Relations Act to grant collective bargaining rights to teaching and research assistants at private universities and colleges. The bill would reverse a 2004 National Labor Relations Board decision that took away those rights.
Kennedy and Miller, who are the chairs of their respective education committees in the Senate and House, introduced the Teaching and Research Assistants Collective Bargaining Rights Act on April 17. The bill amends the definition of employee under the NLRA to explicitly include teaching and research assistants at private universities.
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