[TCOHE] NLRB Will Revisit Issue of Graduate Students’ Right to Unionize
The National Labor Relations Board says it will review its 2004 ruling that prohibits graduate-student assistants at private universities from
Read MoreThe National Labor Relations Board says it will review its 2004 ruling that prohibits graduate-student assistants at private universities from
Read MoreWASHINGTON — The National Labor Relations Board announced Friday that it will reconsider a 2004 ruling by the board that took away
Read MoreA delegation of 50 graduate-student workers from New York University traveled by bus to Washington today to deliver a letter
Read MoreJames Estrin/The New York TimesGraduate student teaching assistants at New York University striking in 2005. Many graduate teaching assistants at New
Read More紐大理工高研生籌組工會 為亞裔維權 本報記者王鏑紐約報道:紐約大學理工學院(NYU-Poly)的科學家與工程師等工讀人員于5月5日向美國勞工關係委員(NLRB)遞表申請成立工會,據瞭解,600成員約75%都是亞裔,而且一大部份是持簽證在美工作或等待綠卡的國際人員。近年全國各個工會積極參與移民改革,但是工會人員指現階段他們只希望專注工人權益,不過他們的權益的確又與移民身分息息相關。 紐大理工學院是全美歷史第二悠久的私立理工學院,現在有600位碩士及博士生受聘于校內的教學、研究、助教等職位。來自四川的化工博士生胡楊說,由於華裔及印度裔學生專攻理工科目,因此亞裔組成便佔了大約75%。 印度裔生化博士生Manoj Ganesh稱,「成立工會除了保障工資、健保及職位穩定,還特別是要保障實驗室的安全,因為我們經常面對危險化學品。」事實上,紐約大學(NYU)本身的工讀研究生工會UAW2110于2002年與校方討論集體談判權,但後被美國勞工關係委員會推翻,紐大也拒絕談判,2010年勞工關係委員會重開此案,UAW9A區的總監Julie Kushner則敦促說,「紐約大學不應該聘請了僱員、給他們工作、付他們薪水、然後說根據法律他們不是能享有全盤權益的僱員。」 被問到目前工作最沒有保障的是甚麼?胡楊舉例說,「我們的工作都是依靠研究經費,一旦老闆經費結束我們就立刻會被辭退,而且更大的問題是必須立刻離開美國,沒有辦法重新找一個工作,職位不穩定。」亦即說,這些高學歷人員的工作權益與身分息息相關。 事實上,即使政府經常宣傳非法移民也享有工人權益,但是非法移民被炒魷魚還會繼續留在美國,只是高學歷合法移民就不可能這樣做,待遇甚至比非法移民還差。 胡楊坦言,美國對中國、印度技術移民設下配額,兩國專才申請十年才能拿到綠卡的人比比皆是,目前中印兩國發展勢頭強勁,此消彼長情況下越來越多人選擇「海歸」。 即使總統奧巴馬多次強調要吸收高學歷人員留美,彭博市長更指每一個大學畢業生應該隨證書附上一張綠卡,但是就連亞裔移民團體與亞裔政客都對這些人視而不見,讓他們成為亞裔移民社區的「棄兒」。胡楊直稱高學歷亞洲人在美國「很尷尬」。 就例如早前的「夢想法案」,建議把16歲以下來美、讀兩年大學的非法移民合法化,但是不少人就質疑為什麼合法來美國念碩士、博士並一直付稅的人不應該比「夢想法案」的人更優先拿到綠卡?「夢想法案」年初在國會被挫,胡楊說,「很多在等待綠卡的合法移民其實還是高興的」。目前「夢想法案」捲土重來,社區人士認為「夢想法案」必須擴大把這些人納入在內,也有些人在想像,引進更多高學歷移民還是非法移民將如何影響10年、20年後亞裔社區的組成與面貌,從西岸到東岸,亞裔政客又會有甚麼取態。 Original publication can be found here.
Read MoreTeaching Assistants at NYU-Polytechnic Seek Union Graduate teaching and research assistants at Polytechnic Institute of New York University on Thursday
Read MoreScientific and Technical Workers at NYU-Poly Move to Unionize A majority of teaching, research, and graduate assistants at the Polytechnic
Read MoreThe National Labor Relations Board this week reversed a regional director’s decision that had stymied efforts by graduate teaching and
Read MoreThe National Labor Relations Board, in a 2-to-1 decision, has edged away from its recent history of rejecting unionization rights for graduate
Read MoreThis morning, for the first time in 10 years,graduate employees at New York University returned to the offices of the National Labor
Read MoreGraduate students at New York University filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday, asking for a
Read MoreNYU’s graduate students who work as teaching assistants are attempting to bring back their union. The Graduate Student Organizing Committee/UAW
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