NLRB proposes rule that would prevent students from unionizing

The National Labor Relations Board will propose an official rule to prevent undergraduate and graduate students paid by private universities from being able to collectively bargain.

The new rule would state that the students remain classified as students, not employees, even if they are paid, and therefore cannot unionize. The measure would reverse a board decision from two years ago that did allow unionization and in the process hobble graduate student organizing efforts across the country.