Harvard strips 900 graduate students from union coverage: Why the university says research isn’t considered work
When Lindsey E. Adams, a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) student in Harvard’s virology program, opened her July 1 pay stub, she noticed something unsettling. Her research stipend was no longer listed as a union stipend, and no union dues were being deducted. Yet nothing about her day-to-day work had changed — not her hours, her…