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Shuler Joins Graduate Teachers Seeking Recognition of Their Union at Yale's Commencement
… in solidarity with the graduate teachers who formed a union with UNITE HERE Local 33 . The university has refused to recognize the union and come to the negotiating table. … Eight union members who were on a hunger strike broke their fast … Yale teaching assistants meet the common law definition of employees. They also meet the common sense definition. They work. For pay. And they voted democratically to form a union. It is time for Yale to acknowledge what is right in front of them. Brave, proud union members who decided to make this campus their home. When these student-workers …