>, what is the purpose of a student union? I'm guessing the "student" part of "graduate student" is the confusion. Fyi... grad students are also employees of

>, what is the purpose of a student union? I'm guessing the "student" part of "graduate student" is the confusion. Fyi... grad students are also employees of the university. So a labor union applies to the "workers" aspect of graduate students. Grad students get paid a stipend (salary) for research, teaching, etc. It's a "workers union" and not a "student union". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate_student_employee_unionization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate_student_employee_unio...