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...probably the most revealing aspect of Kavulla’s article is the splenetic abuse he heaps on grad students. He calls the Graduate Employees and Students Organization (GESO) a “cartel,” implies they’re a Communist-era front group, and complains about their “guerilla tactics.” Just what are these tactics? All Kavulla tells us is that GESO members have lobbied for their cause in dining halls, and attended Graduate Student Association (GSA) meetings, where they (gasp!) “control...
However, the recent strike was driven by the unionization demands by other unorganized groups—most notably, the Graduate Employees and Students Organization (GESO). The vast majority of Yale undergraduate student and indeed most graduate students do not support GESO. Graduate students are given full tuition scholarships and generous stipends. They are students working towards a degree, not employees...
...view that GESO and the labor leaders of Locals 34 and 35 unions have done Yale service and maintenance workers a disservice by linking the good cause of the Locals 34 and 35 with the dubious cause of GESO. I suspect many of the rank and file union members agree, as was evidenced by low turnout by union workers all week on campus (only one or two of the campus buildings were picketed at all, most students attended class unimpeded by any picket lines). GESO does not have the interest of Yale or its students in mind. Therefore I, along...
...unionization was an inane fantasy across the board until very recently. Early attempts by small groups of graduate students to unionize failed across the country after majorities of their colleagues voted down such ridiculous proposals down. Today, nothing has changed except increased pressure and democratic fronts from groups like GESO. Being a TA still is an integral part of a grad student’s learning experience, not a long-lasting employment contract...
Yale’s administration should not recognize GESO not only because TA unionization is ridiculous, but also because GESO specifically is an untrustworthy negotiations partner. Giving GESO collective bargaining rights through formal recognition will allow a small cartel of graduate students to further their coercive tactics to increase their membership, telling non-organized TAs to join or lose out on benefits. The members of Locals 34 and 35 deserve more respect, but putting themselves in cahoots with the GESO transforms labor’s demands into a parody...