State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants and Postdoctoral Associates

SB 166 grants collective bargaining rights to graduate assistants and postdoctoral associates at Maryland's public universities (University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, and St. Mary's College of Maryland). The bill amends state law to remove their current exclusion from collective bargaining, creating separate bargaining units for these two groups. It directly affects graduate students working as teaching, research, or administrative assistants, and postdoctoral researchers with primarily research roles. The key change is adding these positions to the list of state employees eligible for collective bargaining under Maryland's State Personnel and Pensions law.