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Grad Students At University Of Chicago Vote To Form Union
Graduate Students United will be formally recognized as a union after a lopsided vote by graduate assistants last week.
CHICAGO, IL - Graduate assistants at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park voted to form a union, the Chicago Sun-Times reported last week. Contract negotiations between graduate students who are part of the Graduate Students United union now plan to immediately begin contract negotiations with the university's administration.
The vote to unionize was overwhelming, passing 1,103 to 479. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news for Hyde Park and Chicago — or other neighborhoods. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)
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