/tags/graduate-assistants graduate assistants en-US Copyright Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:08:32 GMT /local-news/2024-04-23/unm-grad-student-union-rallies-for-raises-and-respect-from-the-university The University of New Mexico’s graduate student workers’ union rallied outside of the administration building Tuesday. The United Graduate Workers are calling for raises that include research assistants and for the university’s bargaining committee to treat their union with respect. Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:08:32 GMT /local-news/2024-04-23/unm-grad-student-union-rallies-for-raises-and-respect-from-the-university Nash Jones /local-news/2021-12-20/labor-board-clears-the-way-for-unm-grad-assistants-to-negotiate-as-a-union After a years-long organizing effort, graduate students at the University of New Mexico have scored a big victory. The New Mexico Public Employee Labor Relations Board certified a card count last week showing a majority of the school’s 1,547 graduate workers favor collective bargaining. Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:31:08 GMT /local-news/2021-12-20/labor-board-clears-the-way-for-unm-grad-assistants-to-negotiate-as-a-union Kaveh Mowahed /news/2021-12-16/unm-graduate-assistants-face-inflection-point-this-week-on-unionizing Graduate Students do a large portion of the teaching and related work at the University of New Mexico. Reporter Austin Fisher, with Source New Mexico, told 91°µÍø that UNM’s 1,500 graduate assistants work with as many as 15,000 undergrads each semester, assisting professors, running labs, and even teaching the same courses full-time instructors teach. Fri, 17 Dec 2021 06:50:48 GMT /news/2021-12-16/unm-graduate-assistants-face-inflection-point-this-week-on-unionizing Kaveh Mowahed