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Months after Penn residents formed Philly’s biggest new union in 50 years, Penn grad student workers want to break that record again

The student researchers and instructors made a plea to university leaders, asking that they stay neutral ahead of a union election rather than discouraging workers from unionizing.

Hilah Kohen, a doctoral student in comparative literature, and hundreds of supporters marched into College Hall during a rally at the University of Pennsylvania on Oct. 4. The Graduate Employees Together University of Pennsylvania, also known as GET-UP, is working to form a union of graduate student workers.
Hilah Kohen, a doctoral student in comparative literature, and hundreds of supporters marched into College Hall during a rally at the University of Pennsylvania on Oct. 4. The Graduate Employees Together University of Pennsylvania, also known as GET-UP, is working to form a union of graduate student workers.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer