Graduate students work to earn their keep. They are more properly treated as employees: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/23/491090762/nlrb-rules-

Graduate students work to earn their keep. They are more properly treated as employees: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/23/491090762/nlrb-rules-graduate-students-are-employees-with-the-right-to-unionize https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/23/491090762...