Report: Harvard Graduate Students Start Effort To Unionize

CAMBRIDGE (CBS) -- A group of Harvard University graduate students are looking to unionize, according to one report.

The Harvard Crimson reports that some graduate students are in the early stages of forming a union, and advocates say it'll put students in a better position to negotiate with the university.

"We are interested in making the University a better place for grad students to do the best research and teaching that they can do," Aaron Bekemeyer told The Crimson.

Organizers of the budding movement told The Crimson that they'd be focused on health care, housing problems and issues important to teaching fellows.

The Crimson notes that graduate students at Columbia University also tried to unionize, but the school has so far refused to recognize them. A decision from the National Labor Relations Board is pending.