Vanderbilt Hall on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn. Graduate students from six academic departments at the university voted to unionize Thursday, part of a quickening pace of unionization votes at U.S. colleges. Duke University graduate students’ votes were being counted Friday, and graduate students at Pennsylvania State University filed this week to hold elections. But graduate students’ attempts to organize, centered at mainly private institutions, continue to face headwinds elsewhere. Columbia graduate students voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining the UAW in December, though the vote has since been contested by the university. “There’s clearly a strong movement forward by graduate students, and also undergraduate students functioning as research or teaching assistants, in seeking union representation,” Mr. Herbert said.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 24, 2017 20:33 UTC