Unions/unionization

Students ditch classes to support their teaching assistants on the picket line.

In showdown on TA rights, university says most grad students are on the job; union says its members are holding out.

Dispute over collective bargaining for part-time faculty members appears likely to head to court.

Some NYU graduate students return to the picket lines for a second semester -- but others return to teaching.

Collective bargaining at Syracuse U. represents a growing movement, say organizers.

Stipends are gone for some striking NYU graduate assistants.

AAUP’s “Boston experiment” garners another success, say organizers.

Janitors at the University of Miami, most living at or close to the poverty level, have taken concerns about their working conditions to the next level -- a strike. Many have said they are willing to forgo days of pay they describe as meager to raise awareness about low-income workers. And since Tuesday evening, an increasing number have taken to the picket lines, demanding action by both university administrators and the company they work for.  

For some time now, large gatherings of faculty members have included a session about adjuncts. Those frustrated at being kept off of the tenure track would hear the latest data on the shrinking pool of tenure-track jobs and attendees would trade horror stories about the use and abuse of part-timers. And then the meeting would get back to its regular agenda.

UAW and grad student leaders vow to press on, but NYU isn't wavering, many TA's are back at work and undergraduate support has lessened.