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This petition has been launched by graduate teaching and research assistants from across the United States to back the Teaching and Research Assistants Collective Bargaining Rights Act -- federal legislation which will grant full collective bargaining rights for academic workers at private sector colleges and universities.
The petition calls for members of Congress to join in sponsoring the the Teaching and Research Assistants Collective Bargaining Rights Act, HR 5838. The bill was introduced on April 17, 2008 by Rep. George Miller (D-CA) in the House and Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) in the Senate.
Major legislative leaders are co-sponsors of the bill, including Democratic Presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY).
The Teaching and Research Assistants Collective Bargaining Rights Act is also supported by a wide range of unions with members currently working in higher education, including the UAW, the American Federation of Teachers, UNITE-HERE, the American Association of University Professors, the Collective Bargaining Congress of the American Association of University Professors, the Communication Workers of America and the AFL-CIO.
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