Research as a "fake job"

[loinburger]

Yeah, that thread was memorable due to the large standard deviation of ass-hattery in it -- the usual suspects were present, but some unexpected contributions were made by posters who were not ordinarily given over to douchebaggery.

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
I think the argument was that it was part of education and therefore they didn't have the right to unionize any more than a normal student.

In case you never noticed, student associations are a form of union.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
I think the argument was that it was part of education and therefore they didn't have the right to unionize any more than a normal student.

And postdocs need to do research as part of their "education" so they can get professorships, professors need to do research so they can get tenure...

Put in a few 90 hour weeks and tell me it's not a real job...

[:) Smiley]

Originally posted by loinburger
Yeah, if I remember correctly then [Kuciwalker] was one of the "I've been to high school, so I know everything there is to know about college" screech monkeys

QFFT

[DaShi]

I remember when the Yale grad. students wanted the Yale employees to put their jobs on the line so that the students could try to form a union. That upset me a bit. Otherwise, I support graduate unions.