With GLO push, RI becomes first state to explicitly codify student unionization rights in state law

With GLO push, RI becomes first state to explicitly codify student unionization rights in state law

A new law signed by Gov. Dan McKee has made Rhode Island the first state to explicitly protect graduate student workers' right to unionize if the National Labor Relations Board declines to do so.McKee signed House Bill 5187 on July 2, capping off a monthslong effort by Brown's Graduate Labor Organization to codify federal labor organizing protections in state law. GLO leaders had worked with the Rhode Island AFL-CIO and state legislators to advo…