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MD HB214

MD HB214
Higher Education - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants (Graduate Assistant Collective Bargaining Fairness Act)


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Introduced
01/16/2020
In Committee
01/16/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/18/2020

Introduced Session

2020 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Granting collective bargaining rights to graduate assistants within the University of Maryland system, Morgan State University, and St. Mary's College of Maryland; and defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student at a certain institution who is a teaching, administrative, or research assistant, or in a comparable position, a fellow, or a postdoctoral intern.

AI Summary

This bill, the Graduate Assistant Collective Bargaining Fairness Act, grants collective bargaining rights to graduate assistants within the University of Maryland system, Morgan State University, and St. Mary's College of Maryland. The bill defines a "graduate assistant" as a graduate student at these institutions who is a teaching, administrative, or research assistant, or in a comparable position, a fellow, or a postdoctoral intern. The bill establishes separate bargaining units for each institution and allows the presidents of the institutions to cooperate for the purpose of collective bargaining. The bill also specifies that appropriate bargaining units shall include all eligible graduate assistants, in addition to other categories of employees.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (21)

Last Action

Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (on 01/17/2020)

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