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Chris Murphy: “You would be overturning existing precedent should you decide that graduate students who get compensation in the form of…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2017
You would be overturning existing precedent should you decide that graduate students who get compensation in the form of tuition are not allowed to organize.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy emphasizes the importance of existing rights for graduate student organization.

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