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Are they students? Or are they employees? NLRB rules that graduate students are employees.


"Debates about the role and rights of graduate students have emerged as more universities rely on low-paid adjuncts and doctoral students, rather than full-time professors, to teach — a model that has been widely criticized as exploitative. Though adjuncts are making inroads in their fight for higher wages, graduate students have struggled, in part, because the work they do is often a component of their education."

Are they students? Or are they employees? NLRB rules that graduate students are employees. - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/08/23/are-they-students-or-are-they-employees-nlrb-rules-that-graduate-students-are-employees/

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It does seem like grad students are exploited.

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