About 150,000 graduate assistants in this country are part of a union. That’s about 38% of all grad students, and Nevada is about to join them.

Graduate assistants at UNLV, UNR and the Desert Research Institute are seeking to organize through the Nevada Graduate Student Workers, operating under the United Auto Workers union

UNLV and UNR graduate students have announced plans to unionize. The students will be represented by the Nevada Graduate Student Workers-United Auto Workers. In a letter delivered to the Nevada System of Higher Education,

Graduate assistants at Nevada’s universities and research institutions have voted in favor of unionizing. The student workers delivered letters notifying administrators at UNLV, UNR, and the Desert Research Institute of their intent to organize last week.