Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Many grad students work as teaching assistants to offset the cost of school. But with low pay, few benefits, and heavy teaching schedules, a revolution is brewing. Guest host Melinda Penkava and guests discuss a solution that some local graduate students are championing: unionization.
Guests
- Kathy McDonald Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland; also Public Relations Coordinator, Graduate Adjuncts and Lecturers Organized Labor (GALOL)
- Kevin Mahoney Visiting Lecturer, George Washington University; also on the organizing committee for the Graduate Teaching Assistant and Adjunct Alliance
- Charles Craver Research Professor at The George Washington University School of Law, and author of "The Intelligent Negotiator: What to Say, What to Do, and How to Get What You Want - Every Time"
- Carrie Johnson Tech Jobs Columnist, Washington Post
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