![Pitt’s Office of University Counsel paid Philadelphia-based Ballard Spahr, a “union avoidance” law firm, $1,071,573 in fees between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019, to provide legal support during the separate graduate student and faculty campaigns for unionization.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/N_Union_EW.jpg)
Pitt’s bill for ‘union avoidance’ law firm passes $1 million
By Jon Moss, News Editor
• January 12, 2020
![Grad union organizers hold signs against the windows of the Forbes Avenue sky bridge on Wednesday afternoon.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/N_Grad-union_JC-900x601.jpg)
Grad union organizers hold demonstration on sky bridge
By Benjamin Nigrosh, Staff Writer
• December 4, 2019
![Hearing Examiner Stephen Helmerich said Pitt committed “coercive acts” leading up to the April grad student unionization vote.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/N_Union_EW-900x600-900x600.jpg)
Pitt files exception to proposed grad union ruling
By Jon Moss, Assistant News Editor
• October 8, 2019
![Grad students will vote on whether or not to establish a union between April 15 and 18.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/N_Union_EW-900x600.jpg)
PLRB hears grad student union election objection in downtown hearing
By Vaibhav Gupta, Staff Writer
• May 15, 2019
![Philadelphia-based firm Ballard Spahr provided legal support during the graduate student and faculty movements for unionization.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/N_Union-Law-Firm-900x395.jpg)
Pitt paid almost $240K to “union avoidance” law firm in recent years
By Jon Moss, News Editor
• May 14, 2019
![The Pitt graduate student union election results were announced on April 26.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/N_Grad-Union-900x600.jpg)
Grad union organizers call for new election, accuse Pitt of “unfair labor practices”
By Neena Hagen, Senior Staff Writer
• May 2, 2019
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