The United Steelworkers believe that we cannot expect to starve our public education system and expect to get the same results. We have educators and workers in elementary and secondary schools, college and universities and in recent years, their jobs and livelihoods have come under attack. Most of us are thankful for the public school system and why it worked - because it was part of the community.
The USW union said today that the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board will hold a hearing May 14 and 15 to address unfair labor practice charges and objections the union filed on behalf of graduate student employees at the University of Pittsburgh.
The United Steelworkers (USW) and the Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC) are disappointed by the University of Pittsburgh’s actions and use of “union avoidance” firm Ballard Spahr leading up to the vote to be held later this spring.
Faculty at the University of Pittsburgh on Friday filed for a union election with the state labor board. They are seeking a collective bargaining agreement that would cover approximately 3,500 full- and part-time faculty across Pitt’s five campuses.
