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Many students complained that they lacked a formal say in the dean selection...
Although no formal deadline has been set for the completion of the search, HLS faculty say they think the end is in sight...
...advised that students submit a tentative plan of study for the following semester, but still participate in a shopping period before submitting a formal study card...
...cause should not delude themselves: GESO is composed of a minority of Yale’s graduate students whose education is paid for, whose room and board are subsidized and who are well on their way to professorships. It is telling that the only thing GESO is demanding is formal recognition; after all, Yale’s graduate students already have what most striking laborers demand. Locals 34 and 35, on the other hand, are made up of hard-working men and women, who have real concerns about health care and pensions, and whose demands correspond to these demonstrated needs...
Yale’s administration should not recognize GESO not only because TA unionization is ridiculous, but also because GESO specifically is an untrustworthy negotiations partner. Giving GESO collective bargaining rights through formal recognition will allow a small cartel of graduate students to further their coercive tactics to increase their membership, telling non-organized TAs to join or lose out on benefits. The members of Locals 34 and 35 deserve more respect, but putting themselves in cahoots with the GESO transforms labor’s demands into a parody...