LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – UNLV graduate student workers are calling on fellow students to unionize.
They are gathering signatures from grad assistants at both UNLV and UNR to join the UAW’s non-auto jobs union. Graduate students are paid for their research and classroom mentoring work, but say they want to be bale to collectively bargain with universities.
“Pay is a top priority,” said Krista Diamond, a UNLV Phd. student. “The cost of living is going up in Las Vegas and Reno., So our stipends being raised regularly to meet the cost of living is a major concern for graduate students.”
Diamond says the UAE represents for than 100,000 grad workers nationwide.
For more information, the students set up a website.
FOX5 reached out to UNLV about the effort, but we have not heard back.
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