In America the rise of PhD teachers' unions reflects the breakdown of an implicit contract between universities and PhD students: crummy pay now for a good academic job later.

在美国，博士生实习教师联盟的出现结束了之前大学与博士生群体之间不清晰的责任关系，自那以后工资就丰厚多了。

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Cesar Chavez had built a nationwide coalition of support among unions, church groups,students, minorities and other Americans.

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The issue has caused splits within students' unions as well as between them.

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It has been claimed that the officers of some students' unions backed the protest letter, even though their members had voted otherwise.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | Academics' action splits students

Nearly 900 individual students' unions are affiliated to the NUS, which campaigns on student issues and provides research, training, legal advice - and cheap beer.

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