Trey Anthony, President, and Josh Miller, Vice President of the UNC Chapter of UE Local 150 spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Tuesday, May 16th. They discussed attempts at collective bargaining by graduate students at UNC, as well an update on the housekeeper’s union’s demands. They shared plans for a rally at the Carolina Inn on Wednesday, where they plan on having their demands delivered to the Board of Trustees.

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