Duke University graduate students win union election in a landslide

Date:

August 24, 2023

If the results are certified, PhD students who work at Duke as teaching assistants and researchers will form the largest graduate student union at a private university in the South.

The final vote count on Tuesday was 1,000 votes for the union to 131 against. Supporters of the union needed to win a simple majority of returned ballots to succeed; they received 88%.

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Duke University graduate students win union election in a landslide

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