Graduate students at MIT have this week voted to unionize, with 1,785 votes cast for the move and 912 against it. The poll, which was held on Monday and Tuesday (April 4–5), sought approval to form a union affiliated with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), and tapped into a range of student issues including affordable housing and better health insurance.
Announcing the win in a tweet yesterday, the MIT Graduate Student Union wrote: “What started 4 years ago with a dozen students in an MIT classroom discussing the needs of graduate workers has culminated in this historic victory for student-workers at MIT.”
The university’s official account replied: “We congratulate the members of the MIT GSU on their dedicated work that led to this election. MIT’s representatives expect to meet with MIT GSU and UE leaders to begin good-faith negotiations over the terms and conditions of ...
