The NLRB's Graduate-Assistant Ruling: Bad News for Administrators and Students.

UNITED States. National Labor Relations Board; GRADUATE students; COLUMBIA University; GRADUATE teaching assistants; NATIONAL Labor Relations Act (U.S.); COMMON law; STUDENTS; STATUS (Law)

The author comments on the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) ruling in the case of graduate students at Columbia University which stated that any student assistant at any private college who qualifies as a common-law employee is covered by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Topics covered include standard for determining common-law status, reactions of labor unions and graduate assistants at private institutions, and implications for academic administrators and students.