ResLife Student Workers’ Unionization Effort Calls for Job Transparency and Equitable Wages

Natalie Arndt • September 24, 2023

The main goal of unionizing Boston College Residential Life student workers is to put ResLife employees at more of an equal playing field with their employers, BC ResLife Student Workers said in an email to The Heights.

Email, Instagram Account Announce Plans to Form ResLife Student Workers Union

Natalie Arndt • September 12, 2023

Boston College Residential Life Workers called for the establishment of a ResLife student workers’ union in an email sent to resident assistants (RAs) and graduate assistants on Sunday night.

Boston City Council Holds Hearing on Graduate Student Unionization

Jack Miller • June 30, 2019

The Boston City Council Committee on Jobs, Wages, and Workforce Development questioned graduate students from Boston College, Northeastern University, Boston University, and Harvard University.

Boston City Council Voices Support for Graduate Student Workers

Jack Miller • April 29, 2019

Boston City Council unanimously passed a resolution on Wednesday in support of the Boston College Graduate Employees Union.

Georgetown Graduate Students Successfully Unionize

Jack Miller • November 13, 2018

Georgetown graduate students voted 555-108 in favor of unionization to complete the final step toward recognition and official unionization.

Graduate Union Interrupts Parents’ Weekend Event, Pickets Pops on the Heights

Jack Miller • September 29, 2018

About 30 members of the Boston College Graduate Employees Union (BCGEU-UAW) first walked out of the annual President’s Address in Robsham Theater before carrying out a planned picket outside Pops on the Heights Friday night.

In Response to Union Letter to Trustees and Faculty, Quigley Letter Defends University

Jack Goldman • September 27, 2018

The letter was written in response to the union spreading what the administration believed was false information in correspondence sent to University trustees and faculty members, according to a person familiar with the letter.

Grad Employees Organize at ‘March Against Injustice’

Anthony Rein • April 28, 2018

Friday’s march occurred in the midst of a number of notable events for other unions across the country, including Harvard University voting to form a union.

BC Says It Won’t Voluntarily Bargain With Grad Employees Union

Jack Goldman • February 22, 2018

“The United Auto Workers’ withdrawal of its petition to the [National Labor Relations Board] means that the UAW is no longer the exclusive bargaining agent for graduate students at Boston College and there is no action pending before the NLRB,” University Spokesman Jack Dunn said in an email.

Union Members Discuss Future Plans After Rescinding NLRB Petition

Jack Goldman • February 19, 2018

By rescinding its petition with the NLRB, the union ended legal proceedings with the organization, which could have compelled the University’s recognition of the union.

Union Withdraws NLRB Petition, Demands Direct Bargaining With BC

Jack Goldman • February 13, 2018

“In recent weeks, the NLRB has issued decisions that make clear it is a partisan vehicle for limiting workers’ rights,” the Boston College Graduate Employees Union organizing committee wrote in an email.

As Columbia Decides Not to Bargain with Grad Student Union, BC Reaffirms Decision to See Appeal Through

Jack Goldman • February 7, 2018

“This is going to establish a trend, a pattern, and a precedent,” Gary N. Chiason, a professor at Clark University, told The New York Times.