Michigan Will Let Graduate Researchers Vote on Union

The Board of Regents of the University of Michigan has voted, over the objections of President Mary Sue Coleman, to allow graduate researchers to vote on whether they would like to unionize, The Detroit Free Press reported. Coleman argued that the researchers are primarily students. But board members voted 6-2 that the researchers should be allowed to unionize, with supporters of the measure arguing that they are acting as employees in this capacity and deserve collective bargaining rights.