Georgetown University refuses to recognize grad student union

Graduate employees at Georgetown University planted 800 blue yard flags in Red Square yesterday, after the school refused to recognize their labor union, contravening Jesuit values, the administration’s own policies and federal law. The flags represented every graduate worker at the university who has been denied their rights. “Georgetown does not get to decide whether we have a union or not—we do,” said Hailey Huget, doctoral candidate in philosophy and a member of the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees. “We are moving full steam ahead with our legal right to win a union at Georgetown.” American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten joined the rally, saying “The grad workers and the Georgetown community are rising up, and we will have their backs every step of the way in their fight.”

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