On students who are workers, workers who are students, and the recent Unfair Labor Practice complaints against the SWC.  By Duda Kovarsky Rotta and Gabriela McBride Illustration by Derin Ogutcu Columbia is the birthplace of student employees being recognized as workers. In 2016, the National Labor Relations Board’s “ Columbia Decision ” granted graduate researchers, teaching assistants, and resident advisors the full breadth of rights that any other workers have. With the new