UM: Grad Student Union

The Detroit Free Press reports that two University of Michigan graduate student research assistants (GSRAs) filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, opposing a recent law that bars GSRAs from unionizing. The majority of UM regents have also voiced opposition to the law, most recently at a special meeting in February before the legislation was signed by Gov. Rick Snyder. But university administrators have supported efforts to prevent GSRAs from being recognized as employees and from engaging in collective bargaining. There are more than 2,000 GSRAs at UM. [Source]