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Yale’s Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Jon Butler said in an interview yesterday that the school would not grant a union contract to the Graduate Employees and Students Organization (GESO) at Yale...
While strikers did not secure union recognition, GESO Chair Mary Reynolds still called the action a success, citing the letters of support the union had received from 43 members of the House of Representatives and eight senators. Institutions around the globe, including the European Parliament, also drafted statements asserting their support for graduate student unions, she said...
...GESO and GSEU both voted overwhelmingly on April 13 to undertake last week’s strike action...
Reynolds also said that the GESO wants a contract that spells out a “real grievance procedure” and an end to pay cuts...
...Yale, Reynolds said that about 500 people attended Wednesday’s meeting, though GESO also would not release exact figures for the vote. Only graduate students in the humanities and social sciences were allowed to vote in the secret ballot...