(The Center Square) – The United Auto Workers withdrew a petition to the National Labor Relations Board to unionize Vanderbilt University’s graduate students.

The union decision comes after a federal court said a request from the UAW and the Labor Relations Board for personal student information presented a conflict with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

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