If domestic-student RAs are unionized, how will stipends and other work conditions be set for international RAs who are not represented?
The stipend amounts for RAs not covered by collective bargaining (will be referred to as “nonrepresented RAs”) will continue to be set by the Graduate School’s Academic Planning Council based on the need to be competitive with other universities. However, historically, OSER’s practice with union-represented and nonrepresented state employees has been to hold down the nonrepresented employees’ raises until after collective bargaining with the union-represented employees has been completed. Therefore, we expect that OSER will urge the university to do the same with international RAs.
