March 7, 2019 PLRB Decision: The bargaining unit composition of the University of Pittsburgh Teaching Assistants, Teaching Fellows, Graduate Student Researchers, and Graduate Student Assistants have all been found to be public sector employees.
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The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board heard testimony from the Graduate Student Organizing Committee and the University of Pittsburgh Administration in October 2018. The Pitt administrators and their self-described “union avoidance” attorneys tried to argue that graduate student employees (Teaching Assistants, Teaching Fellows, Graduate Student Assistants, and Research Assistants) are not employed by the university and all of our work is “academic training.” Our union argues that even if we do benefit from the experience, it’s still employment, like on the job training or an apprenticeship (one of the oldest and most broadly recognized forms of employment, which helps to shape a career).
In the spirit of transparency, the Graduate Student Organizing Committee of the United Steelworkers union (GSOC-USW) decided to share these transcripts.
The union believes that we, as graduate student employees, should have all of the facts because we are building OUR union.
Below are PDFs of the transcripts from the hearing. We hope you’ll have the time to read through them. If you have any questions, contact us at info@pittgradunion.org
In the spirit of transparency, the Graduate Student Organizing Committee of the United Steelworkers union (GSOC-USW) decided to share these transcripts.
The union believes that we, as graduate student employees, should have all of the facts because we are building OUR union.
Below are PDFs of the transcripts from the hearing. We hope you’ll have the time to read through them. If you have any questions, contact us at info@pittgradunion.org
| hearing_transcript.oct.1.2018.pdf |
| hearing_transcript.oct.2.2018.pdf |
| hearing_transcript.oct.3.2018.pdf |
| hearing.idpage.oct.4.2018.pdf |
| hearing_transcript.oct.4.2018.pdf |
| hearing.idpage.oct.5.2018.pdf |
| hearing_transcript.oct.5.2018.pdf |
| hearing_transcript.oct.30.2018.pdf |
| hearing_transcript.oct.31.2018.pdf |
| hearing_transcript.nov.1.2018.pdf |
| objections_hearing_transcript_5-14.pdf |
| objections_hearing_transcript_5-15.pdf |