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In reply to the discussion: 'We want to be paid a living wage': Graduate student workers at UIC go on strike [View all]

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Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 06:04 PM
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In November 2025, Penn State graduate assistants voted overwhelmingly (about 90%) to form a union with the Coalition of Graduate Employees–UAW (CGE-UAW). While representing teaching and research assistants for better compensation and protections, the union currently faces challenges, as Penn State has appealed to exclude research assistants, claiming they are students rather than employees

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'We want to be paid a living wage': Graduate student workers at UIC go on strike [View all] Omaha Steve Thursday OP
They could take out student loans like I did as a school teacher for grad school JT45242 Thursday #1
A well thought out reply Omaha Steve Thursday #2
Unfortunately, these loans do have to be paid back ck4829 Thursday #3
Pro union but not in this case, right? RedArkGuy Friday #6
The university system needs overhauled JT45242 Friday #8
and this twodogsbarking Thursday #4
When I was in school, grad students would often grade papers. ananda Thursday #5
Maybe in undergrad school you could have learned . . . RedArkGuy Friday #7
My son declined both MIT and Berkeley when he considered... NNadir Friday #9
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