GSRAs speak out: We need a union election

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
592 views
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Dec 5, 2011

Graduate Student Research Assistant at the University of Michigan defends right to vote in a free and fair union election.

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (5)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • Wrong. The Mackinac Center and the attorney general represent TAXPAYERS who are fed up with the cozy relationship between the AFT and those who decide how our tax dollars are spent. The AFT will spend thousands on a GOTV operation to get the "Yes" votes out for that "democratic" election of yours, while no one is there to campaign against them. GRAs will hear only one side of the story and they will have that pounded in to them by organizers trained in persuasive techniques.

  • GEO is a student organization at UM that includes many GSRAs. They are not intimidating anyone by helping a large group of RAs campaign for union representation, and they are definitely not stopping anyone from voicing their opinion or voting against unionizing. The Mackinac Center and the state Attorney General, by contrast, have nothing to do with RAs or UM and are simply trying to prevent RAs from having a democratic election for their own political reasons.

  • You mention an election free of intimidation, but the only intimidation of which I've been the subject has been at the hands of GEO. If GEO truly supported a fair election, they would see to it that both sides of the issue are presented. If a vote were to occur today, I think GSRAs would vote for the unionization - but would it be because GEO has a powerful idea, or just because they have a powerful propaganda machine?

  • UofM is a non-profit institution. Graduate students are work-study student assistants, gaining professional experience through teaching and research. UofM will become a new and vulnerable victim of unionization after the Big 3.

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more