University of Pittsburgh graduate students say their fight to unionize with the United Steelworkers has been a long time coming. Student workers voted on Friday overwhelmingly in favor of joining the union.

Graduate student workers at the University of Pittsburgh have voted in a landslide to unionize with the United Steelworkers after years of organizing and rising pro-labor sentiment in academia. More than 97% of eligible voters went for a union,

Graduate student employees of the University of Pittsburgh will now be represented by the United Steelworkers.