Word: tas
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Kavulla’s suggestion that grad students are not “real” workers is particularly humorous in this regard, since TAs and research assistants are currently recognized as employees under federal labor law, and Yale’s TAs have been warmly embraced by their co-strikers in Locals 34 and 35. Equally misleading is his claim that Yale’s grad students are all “well on their way to professorships.” As US News & World Report has pointed out, due to recent trends in the academic labor...
...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...
...HAVEN—Yale University threatened to grind to a halt yesterday morning, as thousands of unionized Yale workers—including graduate student teaching assistants (TAs)—went on strike...
...despite the absence of a number of TAs, most undergraduate classes kept on schedule...
...Social Analysis and a well thought-out argument for a refund at Guest Relations warrants Moral Reasoning credit. Disney World even has its own special language, on par with Harvard’s unique lingo. While Harvard features “TFs” instead of “TAs,” “concentrations” instead of “majors,” and “proctors” and “tutors” instead of “RAs,” Disney World has “cast members?...