Ahead of the union certification election for Northeastern’s graduate student union scheduled for Sept. 19, the city of Cambridge expressed its support to the union-hopefuls.  During the Cambridge City Council’s Aug. 7 meeting, councilors expressed support for the Northeastern...

After a quiet, little-known effort, sergeants, sergeant detectives and detectives with the Northeastern University Police Department, or NUPD, will decide whether to join a union in a September vote, which was authorized earlier this month.  In an Aug. 17 decision, the National...

The National Labor Relations Board earlier this month dismissed unionizing graduate student workers’ claim that the university engaged in illegal labor practices, ruling there was no evidence of “any unlawful interrogation or threat in response to protected activity.” Graduate...

After an multi-year effort to unionize while facing sustained university opposition, Northeastern graduate student workers received authorization from the National Labor Relations Board July 14 to hold a vote in September deciding whether a union should represent graduate workers...

Days after Northeastern graduate students filed federal charges alleging Northeastern intimidated union organizers, Boston City Council unanimously passed a resolution last Wednesday condemning the university’s alleged anti-union practices. The resolution admonishes Northeastern...

Northeastern graduate students on May 5 filed an unfair labor practice charge, or ULP, against Northeastern after university police allegedly retaliated against two union organizers, visiting their workplaces to question their participation in union action. The federal charges,...

Following a recent protest calling on Northeastern officials to allow graduate students to unionize, the university admonished organizers for failing to plan the demonstration around a campus ceremony for the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. “We were surprised...

Wrapping up a meeting at the end of a typical work day, doctoral candidate in network science Adina Gitomer noticed a new email in her inbox from Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan. The subject line read “Important Information About Graduate...