Dear Fellow Graduate Student:

As you may know, there was a recent union drive on the Medford/Somerville
Campus.  A petition was filed with the National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB) on Monday December 10, 2001 to have teaching assistants, graders,
and research assistants exclusively represented as a collective bargaining
unit by the United Auto Workers (UAW).  Many graduate students have had
questions about what a union is and its significance.  We are a group of
graduate students who have organized in response to these questions. Our
organization is called "Why Have a Union at Tufts?" (WHUT?), and it is our
intent to ensure that you are well informed about the implications a union
would have on your graduate education.

We believe that a union is not necessary and would be detrimental to graduate
students here at Tufts University.  Since the formation of a union will
significantly affect us all, WHUT? is committed to provide information so you
can make a decision.  It is our goal to provide an open forum to discuss any
concerns, comments, or questions that you may have about how a union will
affect you and your graduate education.  We encourage you to read our views
at our website (www.geocities.com/whut_01/) and email us your comments
and concerns at whut_01@yahoo.com.  If you are interested in helping our
cause, please feel free to contact us.  We will be having a brief meeting on
December 21st at 12:15 p.m. in room 122 at the campus center for anyone
who is interested in joining us.

Warmest Regards,

The Students at WHUT?

Brian Comeau
Jason Epstein
Kathleen Myers
Shannon Stitzel
Jenny Tam

As always we respect your privacy.  If you wish to be removed from our email
list please send an email to whut_01@yahoo.com with "REMOVE" as the
message subject.  We were unable to obtain all graduate student email
addresses, please forward this email to anyone who may be interested.