acaademia's union busters strike again

now that the National Labor Relations Board has overturned the 2000 decision that allowed NYU graduate employees, and all graduate employees of private universities, to form a union, NYU is planning to disband the union before the start of Fall Semester.

it's a tricky subject, because it's harder to have sympathy for grad students than it is for, say, migrant farm workers. but here's the bottom line: as universities start acting more and more like corporations, they are relying more and more on graduate students, adjunct and part-time faculty for cheap labor. despite their non-profit status, they are acting no different from any major corporation, and therefore these workers are entitled to representation to ensure that they are not abused.