ERIC Number: EJ765264
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Dec
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0146-3934
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Unions, Vitamins, Exercise: Unionized Graduate Students
Dewberry, David R.
College Student Journal, v39 n4 p627-636 Dec 2005
After the turbulent labor history of America in the early to mid twentieth century, there has been a general decline of unions. Nevertheless, many graduate school teaching assistants are unionizing in attempts to gain better pay and benefits and remove themselves from an "Ivory Sweatshop." This article discusses a history of unions within graduate schools and the arguments of graduate assistants as student or employee. Also, an exploratory, quantitative based inquiry found that the drive is not omnipresent. A major Southwestern university was sampled and found that unions are not wanted even if they are needed. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Unions, Higher Education, State Universities
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Arkansas
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