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Bill giving Md. grad students right to unionize fails in Assembly
Issue date: 3/13/08
Legislation proposed to provide teaching assistants and adjunct professors with collective-bargaining rights failed to pass in the Maryland General Assembly last week.
If signed into law, the legislation would have allowed TAs and adjuncts at public universities in the state to negotiate matters relating to pay, benefits and teaching workloads.
Democratic Del. Barbara A. Frush introduced the legislation in the House of Delegates, but the bill did not go beyond the Appropriations Committee.
Sen. Jamin Raskin, a Democrat who sponsored the legislation in the Senate, will withdraw the bill.
Analysts have estimated costs of union negotiations with graduate-student TAs at $1.3 million.
If signed into law, the legislation would have allowed TAs and adjuncts at public universities in the state to negotiate matters relating to pay, benefits and teaching workloads.
Democratic Del. Barbara A. Frush introduced the legislation in the House of Delegates, but the bill did not go beyond the Appropriations Committee.
Sen. Jamin Raskin, a Democrat who sponsored the legislation in the Senate, will withdraw the bill.
Analysts have estimated costs of union negotiations with graduate-student TAs at $1.3 million.
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