Temple University is revoking tuition and healthcare benefits for more than 100 working graduate students who are on strike for better pay.
."It has definitely angered and energized a lot of people." Since the graduate benefits were cut off, Ford said, more people have joined the strike.
Graduate students took to the picket lines on Jan. 31, after over a year of stalled negotiations between Temple and the graduate student union. The union is accusing the school of paying wages that fail to cover Philadelphia's cost of living. TUGSA has not responded to NPR's emails and direct messages.
Temple said in a statement on Thursday that students were warned that taking part in the strike and not showing up to work would cause them to lose their full compensation package, which includes tuition assistance and free health care insurance. Pennsylvania law prohibits workers who refuse to work from receiving compensation and work-related benefits, the university said.
More than 80% of union-affiliated graduate students continue to work and receive full pay, health benefits and tuition remission, Temple said.The union, which represents about 750 TAs and RAs, is proposing an annual base wage of $32,800, up from the current $19,500 average salary graduate students receive. Temple's proposal raises the base salary for graduate employees to $22,500 by 2026, according to TUGSA.
Union members are also calling for expanded parental leave, beyond the current five days allotted, as well as affordable family health care, which they say can cost up to 86% of their salaries."Returning to work does not mean individuals cannot picket or voice their concerns," university Communications Director Stephen Orbanek said in a statement to NPR."It just means they must work to earn compensation and benefits, like anyone else.
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