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Penn grad students vote to unionize their 4,000-person workforce after two decades of attempts

It may be the largest-ever private-sector union in Philadelphia, according to research by leaders at the AFL-CIO Philadelphia Council.

Hilah Kohen, a Ph.D. student in comparative literature, and hundreds of supporters marched into College Hall during a GET-UP rally at the University of Pennsylvania in October. GET-UP, Graduate Employees Together University of Pennsylvania, voted to form a union on May 3.
Hilah Kohen, a Ph.D. student in comparative literature, and hundreds of supporters marched into College Hall during a GET-UP rally at the University of Pennsylvania in October. GET-UP, Graduate Employees Together University of Pennsylvania, voted to form a union on May 3.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer