Student Challenges Grad Students as “Employees” – The Cornell Review

Student Challenges Grad Students as “Employees” – The Cornell Review

The Cornell Graduate Students United – United Electrical (CGSU-UE) is undertaking its first membership drive and transition to mandatory dues payments. These dues payments are collected by Cornell as payroll deductions, meaning the amount of the dues is deducted from grad students’ paychecks. Two issues block this effort: CGSU-UE is fighting over how the religious exemption to dues collection should be implemented and a student is challenging wh…