,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cbai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #ba1  
#bjbj,mr4 ,sanders introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to ensure full labor           
protections for graduate student        
workers1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,respect ,graduate ,student ,workers
 ,act4  #b4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is  
the sense of ,congress that1 pursuant to
 the definition of employee in section  
#b of the ,national ,labor ,relations   
,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aeb7--  7#a7       
graduate student workers at colleges and
 universities are employees and should  
be granted every right and              
responsibility conferred to them under  
such ,act2 and  7#b7 graduate student   
workers should not be excluded from the 
definition of employee on the basis of  
an educational relationship with an     

employer4  #c4 ,prohibition on certain  
rulemaking ,the ,national ,labor        
,relations ,board shall not finalize or 
take any action to implement1           
administer1 or enforce the proposed rule
 entitled ,jurisdiction-,nonemployee    
,status of ,university and ,college     
,students ,working in ,connection ,with 
,their ,studies1 as published in the    
,federal ,register on ,september #bc1   
#bjai 7#hd ,fed4 ,reg4 #difia71 or      
promulgate1 implement1 administer1 or   
enforce any similar rule4