{"id":48132,"date":"2025-02-14T15:25:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T20:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/provost\/?page_id=48132"},"modified":"2025-04-18T16:54:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:54:48","slug":"graduate-student-union-faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/provost\/graduate-student-union-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Student Union FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been receiving many questions with regard to PhD Student Union Organizing. We have created this website to provide information on union representation relative to Ph.D. students at the University of Rochester.<\/p>\n<p>We, and our entire University leadership team, want to provide you with information about union organizing and the potential impact on the graduate student experience. So, ask questions, collect the facts, learn about the potential impact of unions in graduate education, and always understand documents that you sign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updates from the University:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/provost\/university-and-perb-mediate-grad-student-strike\/\">Statement: 04\/18\/2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/provost\/university-agrees-to-meet-with-nys-employment-relations-board-04-17-2025\/\">Statement: 04\/17\/2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/provost\/statment-on-graduate-student-unionization-process\/\">Statement: 04\/15\/2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/provost\/university-statement-on-possible-graduate-student-strike-3-13-2025\/\">Statement: 03\/13\/2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/provost\/university-statement-on-graduate-student-unionization-process-2-28-2025\/\">Statement: 02\/28\/2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/provost\/graduate-student-union-faqs\/phdstudenstrike\/\">FAQs regarding a possible student strike are available here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been receiving many questions with regard to PhD Student Union Organizing. 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