US university suggests AI could help ‘offset’ striking instructors

Spike in support for unionisation among US graduate students

Angered by pay and conditions, more than 90 per cent of student workers voting to unionise, well above 75 per cent pre-Covid average, annual analysis finds

By Paul Basken

4 September

U.S. Representative Joe Kennedy lll walks the picket line with Harvard University graduate students to illustrate US colleges hit by wave of student labour unionization

US colleges hit by wave of student labour unionisation

Demands pushed by pandemic fears, labour shortages, awakened student athletes and Biden encouragement

By Paul Basken

12 October

A message is written on a wall as University of California picketers protest at University of California to illustrate California ‘reclassifies workers to duck pay rises’ won in strike

California ‘reclassifies workers to duck pay rises’ won in strike

Record walkout at top public US system won graduate students a new contract, but ambiguous details have left them struggling with lower-than-expected pay

By Paul Basken

21 November

Mihaylo Hall at California State University Fullerton

Strike ends at California State University as agreement reached

The tentative agreement includes a retroactive 5 per cent salary increase for all faculty at the largest public university in the US, and potentially another in July

By Patrick Jack

24 January

US university suggests AI could help ‘offset’ striking instructors

With 3,000 graduate students picketing for higher pay, Boston University dean encourages faculty to ‘think creatively’ about using technological alternatives

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US university suggests AI could help ‘offset’ striking instructors

With 3,000 graduate students picketing for higher pay, Boston University dean encourages faculty to ‘think creatively’ about using technological alternatives

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Spike in support for unionisation among US graduate students

US colleges hit by wave of student labour unionisation

California ‘reclassifies workers to duck pay rises’ won in strike

Strike ends at California State University as agreement reached

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