RAs unionize, demand university recognition
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Around 25 people, including about 15 resident assistants part of the union Student Workers At NYU, demanded university recognition for the group in a letter to President Linda Mills and the board of trustees delivered at Bobst Library on Tuesday. The union, which was publicly announced only a day earlier, is currently made up of This story RAs unionize, demand university recognition appeared first on Washington Square News.

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