grad student unionizing

[Liza Featherstone]

right on. You could instead get in touch with my friend Karen Miller and get the 
(I thought) v. good paper she gave at AHA last year on why grad students 
Should organize. She's a grad student at UMichigan-- enzyme at umich.edu

Liza Featherstone

ps Gina Gershon played a v. Hot butch lesbian in the absurd mob flick Bound

Mike Yates wrote:
> 
> Frances,
> 
> Why not say that there are no good and compelling reasons why grad
> students who teach should not organize.
> 
> m yates
> 
> Frances Bolton (PHI) wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone (Tom L., Dennis?) come across any *credible* arguments against
> > grad student unionizing? I am supposed to be chairing a panel on grad
> > student unions next month at the AHA (Amer. Hist. Assoc--I'm there as the
> > Token Woman) and my role is to give good & compelling reasons as to why
> > grad sudents shouldn't organize. My initial strategy was going to be to
> > talk about the prob. of being in a union that is affiliated with the
> > faculty--but I want to try to avoid talking about my own union since
> > another panelist is also a member of it. I do not consider the "grad
> > students are not really employees" argument credible.  Maybe if I do
> > something on adjuncts? Any ideas? Anyone I could read that might inspire
> > me?
> >
> > frances