It's news that MIT is doing it, but there is precedent for this in the US. The University of California system (includes Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSC, which had a w

It's news that MIT is doing it, but there is precedent for this in the US. The University of California system (includes Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSC, which had a wildcat strike during COVID) unionized nearly 40 years ago, and have had many labor strikes over the years [0]. [0] https://www.science.org/content/article/grad-student-union-finally-busts-uc https://www.science.org/content/article/grad-student-union-f...