Mackinac Center files motion against U of M resolution allowing grad research students to unionize

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The Mackinac Center for Public Policy’s legal foundation has filed a legal motion against a University of Michigan resolution that allows graduate research students to unionize. The resolution recently passed by a 6-2 vote by the University’s Board of Regents.

The Mackinac Center filed a motion with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, on behalf of research graduate student Melinda Day, in an attempt to prevent the students from forming a union, reports the Midland News.

full: http://washingtonindependent.com/114140/mackinac-center-files-motion-against-u-of-m-resolution-allowing-grad-research-students-to-unionize

and http://www.mlive.com/midland/index.ssf/2011/08/should_graduate_research_students_be_allowed_to_unionize_mackinac_center_challenges_u-m_resolution.html