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(Daily Bruin file photo) Graduate students researchers may decide to unionize after Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 201.

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New California law allows graduate student researchers to unionize

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Graduate student researchers may decide to unionize because of a new law that classifies them as employees of the University of California. Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 201 into law earlier this month, which gives GSRs the opportunity to collectively bargain labor issues, such as the pay they receive to conduct research.

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New California law allows graduate student researchers to unionize

By Sharon Zhen

Oct. 31, 2017 11:51 p.m.